CVE-2003-0144

Exp

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: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0144 is rated Exploit Available (59.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-0144

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22332 exploit_db edb 1998-04-22 Exploit-DB ↗
22331 exploit_db edb 1998-04-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0144

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 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.25% +0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.30% 0.18% -0.11%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0144

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0144

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0144

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0144 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lpr), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0144

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0144

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lprold lprold 3.0.48 cpe:2.3:a:lprold:lprold:3.0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsd lpr 0.48 cpe:2.3:o:bsd:lpr:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsd lpr 2000-05-07 cpe:2.3:o:bsd:lpr:2000-05-07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.4 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.7 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.8 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.9 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0144

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