VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2000-1220
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability14.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-01-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.