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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2003· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0124

CVE-2003-0124

Description

man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.

Affected products

5
  • Andries Brouwer/Man5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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