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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1022 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.473Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1041

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-08-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1041

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