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 ID | CVE-1999-1041 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-08-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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