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CVE-2001-1583
lpd daemon (in.lpd) in Solaris 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a job request with a crafted…
High10.0EPSS 83.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
lpd daemon (in.lpd) in Solaris 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a job request with a crafted control file that is not properly handled when lpd invokes a mail program. NOTE: this might be the same vulnerability as CVE-2000-1220.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 83.4% · top 0.3% 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 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/solaris_lpd_exec.pm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3274 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20010831 Solaris LPD Exploit (fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 15131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- solaris-lpd-sendmail-commands(7087) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20010829 solaris lpd, KARMAPOLICE? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_SF-INCIDENTSx_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)
- 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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