CVE-2000-0917
Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 78.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- LPRng use_syslog Remote Format String Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/misc/lprng_format_stringRank normaldisclosed 25 Sept 2000
Exploit-DB4 entries
- LPRng - use_syslog Remote Format String (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16842remote, linuxpublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- LPRng 3.6.24-1 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 230remote, linuxpublished 15 Dec 2000Verified
- LPRng 3.6.22/23/24 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 226remote, linuxpublished 11 Dec 2000Verified
- LPRng (RedHat 7.0) - 'lpd' Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 227remote, linuxpublished 11 Dec 2000Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 59 days later
· 59 days later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 78.7% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- CSSA-2000-033.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- CA-2000-22 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20000925 Format strings: bug #2: LPRng (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- lprng-format-string(5287) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2000-0904 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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