Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2000-1220

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.

  • Published: Jan 8, 2000
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2000-1220
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 10
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
sgi / irix 6.5.16m 6.5.16m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.6 6.5.6.x
sgi / irix 6.5.17f 6.5.17f.x
sgi / irix 6.5.1 6.5.1.x
sgi / irix 6.5.14f 6.5.14f.x
sgi / irix 6.5.10 6.5.10.x
sgi / irix 6.5.12 6.5.12.x
sgi / irix 6.5.15f 6.5.15f.x
sgi / irix 6.5.18f 6.5.18f.x
sgi / irix 6.5.9 6.5.9.x
sgi / irix 6.5.16f 6.5.16f.x
sgi / irix 6.5.17m 6.5.17m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.14m 6.5.14m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.3 6.5.3.x
sgi / irix 6.5.8 6.5.8.x
sgi / irix 6.5.5 6.5.5.x
sgi / irix 6.5.4 6.5.4.x
sgi / irix 6.5.15m 6.5.15m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.11 6.5.11.x
sgi / irix 6.5.2 6.5.2.x
sgi / irix 6.5 6.5.x
sgi / irix 6.5.7 6.5.7.x
sgi / irix 6.5.18m 6.5.18m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.13 6.5.13.x
redhat / linux 5.1 5.1.x
redhat / linux 5.2 5.2.x
redhat / linux 5.0 5.0.x
redhat / linux 4.1 4.1.x
redhat / linux 4.0 4.0.x
redhat / linux 6.1 6.1.x
redhat / linux 4.2 4.2.x
redhat / linux 6.0 6.0.x