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CVE-2000-1220

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2000-01-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Sgi IrixRedhat Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References