Vulnerability in SCO Unixware

CVE-1999-0988

UnixWare pkgtrans allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-1999-0988: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0988?
CVE-1999-0988 is a vulnerability in SCO Unixware. Published 1999-12-04.
Is CVE-1999-0988 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.