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CVE-1999-1102

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Apple A Ux: 2.0.1
• Bsd: 4.3
• Sgi Irix: through 5.2
• Sunos: through 4.1.1

References

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtml
• http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm
• http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lpr
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtml
• http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm
• http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lpr

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