Vulnerability CVE-1999-1162
Published: 1993-05-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Vulnerability in passwd in SCO UNIX 4.0 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by preventing users from being able to log into the system.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
SCO -> Open desktop 
SCO -> UNIX 

 References:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-08.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/542.php
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