Vulnerability CVE-1999-1041
Published: 1998-08-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
SCO -> Openserver 
SCO -> UNIX 

 References:
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
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