CVE-2000-1220

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

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CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 8, 2000
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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