Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting groff package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GROFF-2333710
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2004

CVE-2004-1296  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for groff.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS Scores

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