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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- SGI
- Published
- 12/31/1999
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
sgi : irixapple : a_uxbsd : bsdsun : sunos
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