CVE-2001-1148 — Multiple buffer overflows in programs used by scoadmin and sysadmsh in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environment variable to (1) atcronsh, (2) auditsh, (3) authsh, (4) backupsh, (5) lpsh, (6) sysadm.menu, or (7) termsh

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Multiple buffer overflows in programs used by scoadmin and sysadmsh in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environment variable to (1) atcronsh, (2) auditsh, (3) authsh, (4) backupsh, (5) lpsh, (6) sysadm.menu, or (7) termsh

Published Mar 15, 2002

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.37%

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in programs used by scoadmin and sysadmsh in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environment variable to (1) atcronsh, (2) auditsh, (3) authsh, (4) backupsh, (5) lpsh, (6) sysadm.menu, or (7) termsh.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00366

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00366

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.37% (0.00366)	28.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00366)	28.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00113)	27.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219966
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/191216
mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7281
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219966		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/191216		mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7281		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 15, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 15, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1148

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1148

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1148