CVE-1999-1185

published 1998-10-06

CVE-1999-1185: Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

Priority P4 24 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

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

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
sco	cmw	—	—
sco	internet_faststart	—	—
sco	open_desktop	—	—
sco	openserver	—	—
sco	openserver	—	—
sco	openserver_enterprise_system	—	—

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