Is CVE-2000-1220 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2000-1220 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2000-1220?

CVE-2000-1220 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2000-1220?

CVE-2000-1220 has an EPSS score of 14.22% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2000-1220

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing sendmail to execute with arbitrary command line arguments, as demonstrated using the -C option to specify a configuration file.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

14.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0116.html
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/39001
http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/927
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3841

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.