# CVE-1999-1102: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2002-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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

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