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CVE-2000-0803

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2000-12-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Groff

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References