CVE-2003-0872 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SCO OpenServer versions prior to 5.0.6. This flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and perform other unauthorized actions through a symbolic link attack on temporary files. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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