CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1185

7.2 HIGH Published 1998-10-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1998-10-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

Affected configurations

• sco cmw 3.0 • sco internet faststart all versions • sco open desktop 3.0 • sco openserver 3.0 • sco openserver 5.0 • sco openserver enterprise system 5.0.4p

References