High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 26, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-25078
CVE-2018-25078
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.)
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Affected products
3- man-db/man-dbdescription
- Range: <2.8.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugs.gentoo.org/662438nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08nvd
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