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CVE-1999-0712

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 1999-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A vulnerability in Caldera Open Administration System (COAS) allows the /etc/shadow password file to be made world-readable.

Affected products

• Caldera Coas: 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7
• Caldera Openlinux: 2.2

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0712
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0712

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