CVE-2018-25078 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.)

Published: 2023-01-25

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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.)

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-250

Subscriptions

Man-db Project Man-db

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T13:31:55.108Z

Reserved: 2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-25078

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:47.868Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:16.080

Modified: 2025-04-02T14:15:34.880

Link: CVE-2018-25078

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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