CVE-1999-1041
N/A
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOpenserverUnix
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCO
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05aMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreenMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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