Vulnerability CVE-1999-1185
Published: 1998-10-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) 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 -> CMW 
SCO -> Internet faststart 
SCO -> Open desktop 
SCO -> Openserver 
SCO -> Openserver enterprise system 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1379
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