Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting groff package, versions [,1.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GROFF-2333709
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Dec 2000
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Dec 2000

CVE-2000-0803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade groff to version 1.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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.

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