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CVE-1999-1571

• 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: 1999-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.

Affected products

• Sco Openserver: 5.0.0, 5.0.5

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643

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