Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1041

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.

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Affected products

SCO Group/Openserverllm-fuzzy2 versions
= 5.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 5.0
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SCO Group/Unixllm-fuzzy2 versions
= 3.2v4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 3.2v4
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:3.2v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreennvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420nvdVendor Advisory
ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05anvd
marc.infonvd

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