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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

1999-12-31

Last modified

2024-08-01

Affected products

• A Ux (Apple)
• Bsd (Bsd)
• Irix (Sgi)
• Sunos (Sun)

References

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtml
• http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm
• http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lpr