CVE-2005-3903 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in uidadmin in SCO Unixware 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a -S (scheme) argument that specifies a large file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1063.

Published: 2005-12-14

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.4:::::::*

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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-2005-3898	Buffer overflow in uidadmin in SCO Unixware 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a -S (scheme) argument that specifies a large file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1063.

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 0.002.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.54
http://secunia.com/advisories/17986
http://secunia.com/advisories/18660
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/251
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015342
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-034.htm
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=350&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15811
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23550

History

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Subscriptions

Sco Unixware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-14T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:31:47.862Z

Reserved: 2005-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3903

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-14T11:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3903

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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