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CVE-1999-1041 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in mscreen on SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO UNI)

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.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1041
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1998-08-27
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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