{"cve":"CVE-2001-1277","nvd":{"published":"2001-06-11T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:55:57.123","status":"Modified","description":"makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html"],"products":["wolfram_schneider:makewhatis"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2001-1277","score":0.00388,"percentile":0.32906,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}