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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1102

CVE-1999-1102

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

7
  • Apple Inc./A UX2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:a_ux:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:a_ux:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 2.0.1
  • BSD/BSD
    cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sgi/Irix
    cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=5.2
  • Sun Corporation/Sunos2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.1.1
    • (no CPE)range: = 4.1.1
  • Berkeley Software Distribution/BSDllm-create
    Range: = 4.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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