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CVE-1999-0411

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Several startup scripts in SCO OpenServer Enterprise System v 5.0.4p, including S84rpcinit, S95nis, S85tcp, and S89nfs, are vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing a local user to gain root access.

Affected products

• Sco Openserver: 3.0, 5

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0411
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0411

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