CVE-1999-1102

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1102
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionlpr 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple A Ux 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Bsd Bsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix All All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.aenigma.net
Error 404 - Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phreak.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
BSD lpr Vulnerability in SGI IRIX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ciac.llnl.gov Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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