The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

14.2% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 20000109 lpr -- access control problem and root exploit (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20000108 L0pht Advisory: LPD, RH 4.x,5.x,6.x (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 927 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• redhat-lpd-print-control(3841) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20000108 Quadruple Inverted Backflip (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_L0PHTx_transferred
• VU#39001 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• RHSA-2000:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 05:45 UTC.