CVE-1999-1041 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can gain root access via buffer overflows in mscreen using long environment variables or config files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1041?
CVE-1999-1041 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sco Openserver, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1041?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sco Openserver, Sco Unix.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1041?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-1999-1041 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1041 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sco Openserver
- CVE-2000-0306 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2006-0072 Buffer overflow in termsh on SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.
- CVE-2004-0390 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-1999-1450 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2001-0579 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xm8j-jw8c-j4ww.