{"id":"CVE-2018-25078","details":"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.)","modified":"2026-03-14T09:29:17.819181Z","published":"2023-01-26T21:15:16.080Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.5"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-25078.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}