CVE-1999-1041

published 1998-08-27

CVE-1999-1041: 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)…

Priority P4 21 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
sco	openserver	—	—
sco	unix	—	—

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