CVE-1999-0712

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability in Caldera Open Administration System (COAS) allows the /etc/shadow password file to be made world-readable.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Tenablev3 9.1
NISTv2 2.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-04-27 CVE Published
1999-11-25 CVE Reserved
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0712	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Coas Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Coas"				1.0.5 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Coas" and version "1.0.5"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Coas Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Coas"				1.0.6 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Coas" and version "1.0.6"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Coas Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Coas"				1.0.7 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Coas" and version "1.0.7"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux"				2.2 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux" and version "2.2"		-		Affected