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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 f…

Info
CVECVE-2000-0803
First seen2026-09-23 11:15 UTC
Disclosed+032936-04-19 08 UTC
Last updated2026-09-23 11:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

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.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

  • :

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD