PT-2001-1774 · Sco · Openserver+1

Published 2001-07-27 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0576

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: lpusers as included with SCO OpenServer versions 5.0 through 5.0.6

Description: The issue allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the -u command line parameter.

Recommendations: For SCO OpenServer versions 5.0 through 5.0.6, avoid using the -u command line parameter until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the lpusers utility to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0576

Affected Products

Openserver

Lpusers

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20739 · Exploit
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0407.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0576 · Security Note
• http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6292 · Note