PT-1998-1168 · Sco · Sco Mscreen

Published 1998-10-06 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-1999-1185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SCO mscreen (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in SCO mscreen, which allows local users to gain root privileges. This can be achieved by creating a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1185

Affected Products

Sco Mscreen

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/261 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1185 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1379 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2 · Note