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CVE-2002-1285

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

runlpr in the LPRng package allows the local lp user to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.

Affected products

• Suse Linux: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10525.php
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_040_lprng_html2ps.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6077
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10525.php
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_040_lprng_html2ps.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6077

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