Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1277
CVE-2001-1277
Description
makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
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