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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:3.2v4:::::::*

Information

Published : 1998-08-26 21:00

Updated : 2016-10-17 19:00

NVD link : CVE-1999-1041

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1041

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

sco

openserver
unix

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