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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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

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:29:03.210

Link: CVE-2000-1220

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2000-1220 - Bugzilla