CVE-2000-0880
LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 0.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.74% probability · 55th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 September 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- plus technologies/lpplus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0531.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5200
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0531.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1643Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5200
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.