{"id":"CVE-1999-1253","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-1253","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:12.479Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"1996-06-07T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:50:03.000Z","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/internet faststart","sco/openserver"],"epss":{"score":0.00386,"percentile":0.32439,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB.96:01a","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-96.10.sco","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1965","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB.96:01a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-96.10.sco","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1965","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1253","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."}