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CVE-2018-25078

Reference to the description:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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.)
Last updated date:
10/08/2023
Type:
exploit
Confidence:
HIGH
Date of publishing:
02/02/2023
Reference url to background

https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438

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