CVE-1999-1571 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.

Published: 2002-10-15

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1552	Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00136.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/security_bulletins/SB-99.17c
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/sse037c/sse037c.ltr
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643

History

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Subscriptions

Sco Openserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-10-15T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.577Z

Reserved: 2002-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1571

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-11-04T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1571

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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