CVE-2001-1583

Exp

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: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1583 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 53.84%, 98th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-1583

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16322 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
1167 exploit_db edb 2005-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗
9921 exploit_db edb 2001-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
21097 exploit_db edb 2001-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1583

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-04 49.28% 53.84% +4.56%
2 2026-05-12 45.83% 49.28% +3.44%
3 2026-02-14 — 45.83% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1583

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1583

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1583

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun sunos <= 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1583

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