CVE-2001-1331 — mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks

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mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks

Published May 3, 2002

1.2

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.29%

Description

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00295

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00295

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.29% (0.00295)	20.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.29% (0.00295)	20.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00066)	17.61th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	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 (3)

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 3, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 1, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1331

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1331

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1331