CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0317

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.22%

65th percentile - higher than 65% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Solaris 7 lpset allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -r option.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain full system privileges, posing a serious security threat.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Solaris to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to lpset to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Solaris 7 lpset allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -r option.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS