CVE-1999-1102
N/A
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsSunosIrixBsd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htmx_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lprQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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