Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1185

Description

Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

SCO Group/Cmw
cpe:2.3:a:sco:cmw:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SCO Group/Internet Faststart
cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:all_versions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SCO Group/Open Desktop
cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SCO Group/Openserver2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SCO Group/Openserver Enterprise System
cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver_enterprise_system:5.0.4p:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SCO Group/mscreenllm-create

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