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CVE-1999-1041

CVE information

Published

25 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Buffer overflow in mscreen on SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO UNIX 3.2v4 allows a local user to gain root access via (1) a long TERM environmental variable and (2) a long entry in the .mscreenrc file..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:3.2v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -