CVE-2000-0880 — LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file

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LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file

Published Oct 18, 2000

3.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.74%

Description

LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.74% 0.00745

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00745

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.74% (0.00745)	53.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.74% (0.00745)	49.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00111)	27.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0531.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5200
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0531.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5200		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 18, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 18, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0880

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0880

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0880