CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1185

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.84%

53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system with administrator privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the .mscreenrc file and to monitor and verify terminal entries to prevent buffer overflow.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

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