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CVE-2000-1208
Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain…
High7.2EPSS 0.37%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain privileges via an improper syslog call that uses format strings from the checkremote() call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20000925 Format strings: bug #1: BSD-lpr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- lpr-checkremote-format-string(5286) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20001004 Immunix OS Security Update for lpr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (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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