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TI-2000-00800 Aliases CVE-2000-0803GHSA-wph5-jqqm-rqpf

GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which…

Priority MEDIUM 47Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02325 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.17VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.17 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0803
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wph5-jqqm-rqpf

References

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  • TI-2001-00977 Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2002-00003 Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-04830 contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2009-04834 The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3
  • TI-2009-04833 The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3)… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3
  • TI-2009-04832 The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3)… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3
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Sources

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