CVE-2000-0803

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 7, 2001
Updated
Aug 8, 2024
Reserved
Sep 22, 2000

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Description

GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which allows a local user to gain additional privileges by including a malicious postpro directive in the description file, which is executed when another user runs groff.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/aAffected

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