CVE-2000-1220

High CVSS 10

Published 2000-01-08 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-1220, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-1220

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C