World-writeable permissions on lpdprocess file in LPPlus allows unauthorized process termination

CVE-2000-0880 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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.

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