CVE-2005-4797

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Published May 5, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 29.8% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:x86_update_2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 29.8% (29.791% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 5, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved: May 5, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:19 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:19 PM

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