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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

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.

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.00121
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

4
sgi irix<= 5.2
apple a uxall versions
bsdall versions
sun sunos<= 4.1.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.phreak.org · 8lgm.lprwww.phreak.org
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Scoring & Timeline

2.1
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD31 Dec 1999 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm
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