CVE-2018-25078

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-250

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 26, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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