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CVE-1999-1185

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1998-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

Affected products

• Sco Cmw: 3.0
• Sco Internet Faststart: all_versions
• Sco Open Desktop: 3.0
• Sco Openserver: 3.0, 5.0
• Sco Openserver Enterprise System: 5.0.4p

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1379
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1379

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