CVE-1999-1102

Summary

CVECVE-1999-1102
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:18:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple A Ux 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple A Ux 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Bsd Bsd 4.3 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
19940307 8lgm Advisory Releases BUGTRAQ www.aenigma.net
BSD lpr Vulnerability in SGI IRIX CIAC ciac.llnl.gov Patch, Vendor Advisory
Error 404 - Not Found MISC www.phreak.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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