CVE-1999-1041 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:3.2v4:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1022	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.01033.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sco Openserver Unix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.473Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1041

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-08-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1041

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "1998-08-27T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2016-10-17T13:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "19980926 Root exploit for SCO OpenServer.", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2"}, {"name": "SB-98.05a", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SCO"], "url": "ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a"}, {"name": "VB-98.10", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_CERT"], "url": "http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen"}, {"name": "19980827 SCO mscreen vul.", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-1999-1041", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "19980926 Root exploit for SCO OpenServer.", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2"}, {"name": "SB-98.05a", "refsource": "SCO", "url": "ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a"}, {"name": "VB-98.10", "refsource": "CERT", "url": "http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen"}, {"name": "19980827 SCO mscreen vul.", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T16:55:29.473Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "19980926 Root exploit for SCO OpenServer.", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2"}, {"name": "SB-98.05a", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SCO", "x_transferred"], "url": "ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a"}, {"name": "VB-98.10", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_CERT", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen"}, {"name": "19980827 SCO mscreen vul.", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-1999-1041", "datePublished": "2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T16:55:29.473Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "2C19F7B3-9043-4E53-90DE-92A4387858A7", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:3.2v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "51756048-EB32-4A72-9ED4-937AF2B9DE37", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "id": "CVE-1999-1041", "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.2, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "1998-08-27T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory", "US Government Resource"], "url": "http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Third Party Advisory", "US Government Resource"], "url": "http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}