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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Thu, 22 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.471Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-1220

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-01-08T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-1220

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2000-01-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-1220 - Bugzilla