{"id":"CVE-2003-0144","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-0144","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:39:16.824Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the lprm command in the lprold lpr package on SuSE 7.1 through 7.3, OpenBSD 3.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments such as (1) request ID or…","description":"Buffer overflow in the lprm command in the lprold lpr package on SuSE 7.1 through 7.3, OpenBSD 3.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments such as (1) request ID or (2) user name.","published":"2003-03-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:01:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["lprold/lprold","bsd/lpr","freebsd/freebsd","openbsd/openbsd"],"epss":{"score":0.01914,"percentile":0.79691,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1998-04-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":22332,"kind":"exploit","title":"BSD 'lpr' 2000.05.07/0.48/0.72 / lpr-ppd 0.72 - Local Buffer Overflow (2)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22332","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/local/22332.c","file":"exploits/unix/local/22332.c","published":"1998-04-22","added":"1998-04-22","updated":"2012-10-30","author":"CMN","type":"local","platform":"unix","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2003-0144","OSVDB-7549"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025/info"},{"edbId":22331,"kind":"exploit","title":"BSD 'lpr' 2000.05.07/0.48/0.72 / lpr-ppd 0.72 - Local Buffer Overflow (1)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22331","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/local/22331.c","file":"exploits/unix/local/22331.c","published":"1998-04-22","added":"1998-04-22","updated":"2012-10-30","author":"Niall Smart","type":"local","platform":"unix","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2003-0144","OSVDB-7549"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.9%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.2/common/010_lprm.patch","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030406-02-P","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104690434504429&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104714441925019&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/8293","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-267","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-275","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:059","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_014_lprold.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11473","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.2/common/010_lprm.patch","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030406-02-P","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104690434504429&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104714441925019&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/8293","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-267","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-275","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:059","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_014_lprold.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11473","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0144","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}