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critical 10.0

CVE-2000-0917 in the critical feed json

Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

published 2000-12-19 25 y ago modified 2026-09-23 46 d ago also EUVD-2000-0904

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
78.7%
EPSS 78.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2000-0917 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/lprng_format_string)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

78.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/lprng_format_string LPRng use_syslog Remote Format String Vulnerability metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2000-09-25
  • EDB-16842 LPRng - use_syslog Remote Format String (Metasploit) remote, 2010-07-03
  • EDB-230 LPRng 3.6.24-1 - Remote Command Execution remote, 2000-12-15
  • EDB-227 LPRng (RedHat 7.0) - 'lpd' Format String remote, 2000-12-11
  • EDB-226 LPRng 3.6.22/23/24 - Remote Command Execution remote, 2000-12-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1712 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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