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CVE-2001-1583: lpd daemon (in.lpd) in Solaris 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a job request with a crafted control…

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 65/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 83.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

lpd daemon (in.lpd) in Solaris 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a job request with a crafted control file that is not properly handled when lpd invokes a mail program. NOTE: this might be the same vulnerability as CVE-2000-1220.

Published
Dec 31, 2001
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
83.4% · 99th percentile

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
25 / 30 · 83.4%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
sunsunos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sun sunosup to 5.9 inclusive

Same product

sun: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-0882Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client…
    70This week
  • CVE-2008-2144Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Solaris print service for Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of…
    45Plan
  • CVE-2010-4435Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability…
    44Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2001-0699Sep 20, 2001 · Buffer overflow in cb_reset in the System Service Processor (SSP) package of SunOS 5.8 allows a local user to execute arbitrary code via a…
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2001-0652Oct 30, 2001 · Heap overflow in xlock in Solaris 2.6 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) XFILESEARCHPATH or (2)…
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2002-1763Dec 31, 2002 · The dtscreen Sun Solaris 8 CDE screensaver crashes when the "Shift" and "Return" keys are pressed repeatedly and quickly, which allows…
    18Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×4

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2010-09-20
Exploit-DB entryremote2005-08-19
Exploit-DB entryremote2001-08-31
Exploit-DB entryremote2001-08-31
Metasploit moduleexploit/solaris/lpd/sendmail_execSolaris LPD Command Executionexploit2001-08-31

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-122 d
  2. Metasploit-122 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayNov 15, 2026+9086 d

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

ts
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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