CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0411

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

Several startup scripts in SCO OpenServer Enterprise System v 5.0.4p, including S84rpcinit, S95nis, S85tcp, and S89nfs, are vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing a local user to gain root access.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain full privileges on the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version and review and secure startup scripts against symlink attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Several startup scripts in SCO OpenServer Enterprise System v 5.0.4p, including S84rpcinit, S95nis, S85tcp, and S89nfs, are vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing a local user to gain root access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS