HIGH 7.8 Microsoft

CVE-2018-25078

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.)

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Jan: 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.)

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Published: 2023-01-10 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-04
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2023-01-10 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 man-db 2.8.4-5 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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