{
    "id": "CVE-2003-0620",
    "published": "2003-08-27 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:02:31",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.",
    "epss_score": "0.00804",
    "epss_percentile": "0.55593",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "andries_brouwer",
            "product": "man"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "22971",
            "title": "ManDB Utility 2.3/2.4 - Local Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2003-07-29",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22971"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105951284512898&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105960276803617&w=2",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105951284512898&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105960276803617&w=2",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364"
    ]
}