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CVE-1999-0979

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SCO UnixWare privileged process system allows local users to gain root privileges by using a debugger such as gdb to insert traps into _init before the privileged process is executed.

Affected products

• Sco Unixware: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/869
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/869

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