Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-1178. PoCs published by kf.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a buffer overflow in xman's handling of the MANPATH environment variable to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. It creates a malicious man page entry that, when selected, copies /bin/sh to the user's home directory with SUID permissions.
Description
Buffer overflow in xman allows local users to gain privileges via a long MANPATH environment variable.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a buffer overflow in xman's handling of the MANPATH environment variable to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. It creates a malicious man page entry that, when selected, copies /bin/sh to the user's home directory with SUID permissions.