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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-10-08T08:06:52.872898

Reserved: 2023-01-25T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-25078

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:16.080

Modified: 2023-10-08T09:15:10.143


Link: CVE-2018-25078

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