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    CVE-2003-0124

    man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.

    Published:Mar 11, 2003
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 1, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.01887
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Andries Brouwer
    Product
    Man
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7066http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7066https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22344

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High