CVE-1999-1253 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 and earlier, and SCO Internet FastStart 1.0, stemming from a flaw in a kernel error handling routine. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated local attacker to gain full root privileges (C:C/I:C/A:C) with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.