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CVE-1999-1102

lpr on SunOS 4.1.1, BSD 4.3, A/UX 2.0.1, and other BSD-based operating systems allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack that is triggered after invoking lpr 1000 times.

Published

1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	sgi	irix	≤ 5.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	a_ux	2.0.1	Yes
Operating System	bsd	bsd	4.3	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	≤ 4.1.1	Yes

References

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtml Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm ([email protected])
http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lpr Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtml Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lpr Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)