Vulnerability in Gnu Groff

CVE-2000-0803

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.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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