CVE-2005-2926 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Published: 2005-10-25

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2926	Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00173.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17274
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015099
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities
http://www.osvdb.org/20153
http://www.osvdb.org/20154
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15160

History

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Subscriptions

Sco Openserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.992Z

Reserved: 2005-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2926

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-25T16:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2926

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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