CVE-2000-0880 — LOW severity vulnerability (LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable perm)
LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0880 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 3.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-11-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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