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CVE-2000-1220

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.

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CVE ID: CVE-2000-1220
Base Score: 10.0
Base Severity: HIGH
Vector String:AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Refrence: NVD