CVE-2005-4797

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in printd line printer daemon (lpd) in Solaris 7 through 10 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via ".." sequences in an "Unlink data file" command.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 9.0-x86_update_2, 10.0
Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/solaris_lpd_unlink.pm
http://secunia.com/advisories/16367
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014635
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101842-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-280.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/18650
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14510
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1342
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21773
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/solaris_lpd_unlink.pm
http://secunia.com/advisories/16367
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014635

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