LOW
security flaw
Published Jun 25, 2002
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
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
No data.
- ≤ 1.5i2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00388
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00388
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 30.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 30.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 30.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 21.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 18.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 16.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 18.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1277 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616663 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1277
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1277
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1277 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616663 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1277 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1277 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 25, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 1, 2002
Link CVE-2001-1277
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a