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CVE-1999-0942

• 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: 1999-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

UnixWare dos7utils allows a local user to gain root privileges by using the STATICMERGE environmental variable to find a script which it executes.

Affected products

• Sco Unixware: 7.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0942
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0942

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