CVE-2003-0645

Exp

man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2003-08-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0645 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0645

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
75 exploit_db edb 2003-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0645

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.16% +0.12%
2 2023-03-07 1.76% 0.04% -1.72%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.76% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0645

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0645

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0645

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0645 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (man-db), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0645

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0645

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andries_brouwer man 2.3.20 cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andries_brouwer man 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0645

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