7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2001-1178

Published: 11/07/2001 Updated: 19/12/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in xman allows local users to gain privileges via a long MANPATH environment variable.

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xfree86 project x11r6 3.3.2

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/3030/info xman is a component included with the XFree86 Window System A buffer overflow in the handling of the MANPATH environment variable by xman makes it possible for a local user to execute arbitrary code By inserting 70000 characters into the MANPATH variable, it is possible to overwrite stack varia ...