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CVE-2001-0579

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

lpadmin in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the first argument to the command.

Affected products

• Sco Openserver: through 5.0.6

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0421.html
• http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6291
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0421.html
• http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6291

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