HIGH
Buffer overflow in the lprm command in the lprold lpr package on SuSE 7.1 through 7.3, OpenBSD 3.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments such as (1) request ID or (2) user name
Published Mar 14, 2003
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.91%
Description
Buffer overflow in the lprm command in the lprold lpr package on SuSE 7.1 through 7.3, OpenBSD 3.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments such as (1) request ID or (2) user name.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 0.48
- 2000-05-07
- 2.2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
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.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
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.
1.91% 0.01914
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01914
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 | 1.91% (0.01914) | 79.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.91% (0.01914) | 77.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00298) | 51.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.2/common/010_lprm.patch x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030406-02-P vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104690434504429&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104714441925019&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8293 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-267 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-275 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:059 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_014_lprold.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11473 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.2/common/010_lprm.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030406-02-P | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104690434504429&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104714441925019&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/8293 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-267 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-275 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:059 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_014_lprold.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11473 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 14, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Mar 13, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0144
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a