CVE-2000-1220 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the line printer daemon (lpd) within the lpr package, affecting multiple Linux operating systems including Red Hat and SGI IRIX/Linux. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating sendmail to execute with arbitrary command-line arguments, specifically using the -C option to specify a malicious configuration file, thereby gaining root privileges. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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