CVE-2000-0803 (GCVE-0-2000-0803)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-05-07 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:28
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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