CVE-2006-0072

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in termsh on SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0351 since it involves a distinct attack vector.

Affected products

Sco Openserver: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5 (+3)

References

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/Openserver_bof.c
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420677
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16122
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/Openserver_bof.c
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420677
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16122

Get alerted when CVE-2006-0072 or the next vulnerability affects your stack