Vulnerability in Apple A Ux
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 a symlink attack that is triggered after invoking lpr 1000 times.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Apple A Ux — versions 2.0.1
- BSD — versions 4.3
- Sgi Irix
- Sun Sunos
References
- www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lpr (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm (mailing-list)
- ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtml (Patch, government-resource, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)