CVE-1999-1041 | BDVDB-2026-2597 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12001-09-12Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-01Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.