CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-0803

Published: Dec 19, 2000 | Modified: May 10, 2021
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Groff Gnu * *

References