security flaw
Published Apr 21, 2005
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.22%
Description
The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing sendmail to execute with arbitrary command line arguments, as demonstrated using the -C option to specify a configuration file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6.5
- 6.5.1
- 6.5.2
- 6.5.3
- 6.5.4
- 6.5.5
- 6.5.6
- 6.5.7
- 6.5.8
- 6.5.9
- 6.5.10
- 6.5.11
- 6.5.12
- 6.5.13
- 6.5.14f
- 6.5.14m
- 6.5.15f
- 6.5.15m
- 6.5.16f
- 6.5.16m
- 6.5.17f
- 6.5.17m
- 6.5.18f
- 6.5.18m
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.22% (0.14217) | 96.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.22% (0.14217) | 96.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.45% (0.03448) | 86.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01068) | 84.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01068) | 83.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01283) | 84.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 84.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 82.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.74% (0.07742) | 93.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.74% (0.07742) | 92.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.74% (0.07742) | 81.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021104-01-P vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0116.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/39001 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory vendor-advisoryx_refsource_L0PHT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/927 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1220 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616553 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3841 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1220
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-1220
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021104-01-P | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI | |
| http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0116.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/39001 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_L0PHT | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/927 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1220 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616553 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3841 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1220 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-1220 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.