CVE-1999-1138 describes a critical vulnerability in SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 and other SCO products, where world-writable home directories for the 'dos' and 'asg' users were created in /tmp and /usr/tmp, respectively. This misconfiguration allows any local user to gain unauthorized access to these accounts. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-accessible attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop_lite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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