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CVE-2003-0620

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.80%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2003-08-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2003-0620
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.80%

Original NVD Description

Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.