CVE-1999-1571

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Published Oct 15, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.426% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 15, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM
Reserved: Oct 8, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 4, 1999, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM

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