CVE-2001-1583: Sun Sunos

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 83.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: up to and including 5.9

Published 2001-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.