HIGH
Buffer overflow in the line printer daemon (in.lpd) for Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to gain root privileges via a "transfer job" routine
Published Sep 18, 2001
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.69%
Description
Buffer overflow in the line printer daemon (in.lpd) for Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to gain root privileges via a "transfer job" routine.
Affected products
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.69% 0.03695
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03695
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.69% (0.03695) | 89.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.69% (0.03695) | 88.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.99% (0.01994) | 82.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 78.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 76.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 74.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/206 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUN
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-15.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2894 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise80.php third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6718 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/206 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUN | |
| http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-15.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2894 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise80.php | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6718 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 18, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 23, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0353
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a