CVE-1999-1041 - 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

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

Published Sep 12, 2001

No CVSS score

EPSS 1.05%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1041

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1041

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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