CVE-1999-1041

SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 - Env Local Stack Overflow

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

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

1998-08-27 CVE Published
2001-01-26 First Exploit
2001-08-31 CVE Reserved
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/261	2001-01-26

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen	2016-10-18

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a	2016-10-18
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420	2016-10-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sco Search vendor "Sco"		Openserver Search vendor "Sco" for product "Openserver"				5.0 Search vendor "Sco" for product "Openserver" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Sco Search vendor "Sco"		Unix Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unix"				3.2v4 Search vendor "Sco" for product "Unix" and version "3.2v4"		-		Affected