CVE-2001-0193

Linux Distro - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0193. PoCs published by IhaQueR.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a format string vulnerability in the `man` command (CVE-2001-0193) to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) by overwriting stack variables, including the return address. It brute-forces memory addresses to execute arbitrary shellcode, ultimately spawning a root shell.

Description

Format string vulnerability in man in some Linux distributions allows local users to gain privileges via a malformed -l parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by IhaQueR · bashlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20604

This exploit targets a format string vulnerability in the `man` command (CVE-2001-0193) to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) by overwriting stack variables, including the return address. It brute-forces memory addresses to execute arbitrary shellcode, ultimately spawning a root shell.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Racy
Target: man (Linux manual page viewer, SUID root)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to a vulnerable Linux system with SUID `man` binary
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6059
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98096782126481&w=2
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-028
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2327

Scores

EPSS 0.0106
EPSS Percentile 60.2%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 2.2 (6 CPE variants)
suse/suse_linux 6.3
suse/suse_linux 6.4
suse/suse_linux 7.0
Published May 03, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026