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CVE-1999-1041

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CVE-1999-1041

Published: Sep 12, 2001

Modified: Aug 1, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

19980926 Root exploit for SCO OpenServer.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
VB-98.10
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
19980827 SCO mscreen vul.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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