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Unscored CVE-2000-0803 EUVD-2000-0797GHSA-wph5-jqqm-rqpf

GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which allows a local user to gain additional privileges by …

Published May 7, 2001 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

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