Vulnerability in SCO Cmw
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.
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 (56.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- SCO Cmw — versions 3.0
- SCO Internet Faststart — versions all_versions
- SCO Open Desktop — versions 3.0
- SCO Openserver — versions 3.0, 5.0
- SCO Openserver Enterprise System — versions 5.0.4p
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1379 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)