CVE-2018-25078

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Published Jan 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.)

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13836	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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.387% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08

History

Apr 2, 2025 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Apr 2, 2025 2:45 PM Weaknesses updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-250

Subscriptions

Man-db Project Man-db

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 1:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 25, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 1:31 PM
Reserved: Jan 25, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:33 PM

Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:33 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:54 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 26, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:54 AM

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