{"id":"CVE-1999-0866","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0866","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:55.640Z","title":"Buffer overflow in UnixWare xauto program allows local users to gain root privilege.","description":"Buffer overflow in UnixWare xauto program allows local users to gain root privilege.","published":"1999-12-03T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:49:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["sco/unixware"],"epss":{"score":0.00777,"percentile":0.55558,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-12-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19656,"kind":"exploit","title":"SCO Unixware 7.0/7.0.1/7.1/7.1.1 - 'xauto' Local Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19656","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/sco/local/19656.c","file":"exploits/sco/local/19656.c","published":"1999-12-03","added":"1999-12-03","updated":"2012-07-07","author":"Brock Tellier","type":"local","platform":"sco","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0866","OSVDB-9330"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/848/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-99.24a","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94581379905584&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94606167110764&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/848","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-99.24a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94581379905584&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94606167110764&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/848","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0866","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}