VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1253
Vulnerability in a kernel error handling routine in SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 and earlier, and SCO Internet FastStart 1.0, allows local users to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vulnerability in a kernel error handling routine in SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 and earlier, and SCO Internet FastStart 1.0, allows local users to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sco/internet faststart · sco/openserver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB.96:01a
- http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-96.10.scoPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1965
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB.96:01a
- http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-96.10.scoPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1965
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.