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CVE-2005-2926

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2005-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• Sco Openserver: through 5.0.7

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17274
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015099
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.osvdb.org/20153
• http://www.osvdb.org/20154
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15160
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17274
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015099
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.osvdb.org/20153

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