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CVE-1999-1041

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.

Published

1998-08-27T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	sco	openserver	5.0	Yes
Operating System	sco	unix	3.2v4	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2 ([email protected])
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)