CVE-1999-1041

high

Description

Buffer overflow in mscreen on SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO UNIX 3.2v4 allows a local user to gain root access via (1) a long TERM environmental variable and (2) a long entry in the .mscreenrc file.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420

http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-08-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H