CVE-1999-0836

SCO Unixware 7.0/7.0.1/7.1/7.1.1 - 'uidadmin' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

10.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

UnixWare uidadmin allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 10.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1998-12-02 CVE Published
1998-12-02 First Exploit
1999-12-07 CVE Reserved
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/842	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=19991202160111.20553.qmail%40nwcst282.netaddress.usa.net	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19654	1998-12-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-99.22a	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sco Search vendor "Sco"		Unixware Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware"				7.0 Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Sco Search vendor "Sco"		Unixware Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware"				7.0.1 Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware" and version "7.0.1"		-		Affected
Sco Search vendor "Sco"		Unixware Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware"				7.1 Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware" and version "7.1"		-		Affected
Sco Search vendor "Sco"		Unixware Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware"				7.1.1 Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unixware" and version "7.1.1"		-		Affected