HIGH
Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570
Published Oct 15, 2002
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.43% 0.00426
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00426
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00426) | 34.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00426) | 33.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 25.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/security_bulletins/SB-99.17c vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/sse037c/sse037c.ltr x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/security_bulletins/SB-99.17c | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO | |
| ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/sse037c/sse037c.ltr | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 15, 2002
Updated Aug 1, 2024
Reserved Oct 8, 2002
Link CVE-1999-1571
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a