CVE-1999-1162

Vulnerability in passwd in SCO UNIX 4.0 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by preventing users from being able to log into the system.

CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-08.html	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/542.php

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:1.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 1993-05-23 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:18

NVD link : CVE-1999-1162

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1162

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

sco

open_desktop
unix

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