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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:47.868Z
Reserved: 2023-01-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-25078
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:16.080
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:03:30.387
Link: CVE-2018-25078
Redhat
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