PT-1993-1005 · Sco · Sco Unix System V/386 Release 3.2

Published 1993-09-17 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2

Description The issue allows other users to gain access to certain accounts due to the installation of home directories in world-writable locations, specifically /tmp for the dos user and /usr/tmp for the asg user.

Recommendations For SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2, consider changing the home directories of the dos and asg users to a location that is not world-writable to prevent unauthorized access.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1138

Affected Products

Sco Unix System V/386 Release 3.2

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1138 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/546 · Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-13.html · Note