CVE-2018-25078

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p32

Published

Jan 26, 2023 (Jan 26, 2023)

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.)

Vendors: man-db project
Products: man-db
Weakness: CWE-250
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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