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CVE-2000-0803
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 10/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 1.17 |