CVE-2005-0351 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in specific shell utilities (termsh, atcronsh, auditsh) within SCO OpenServer versions 5.0.6 and 5.0.7. A local attacker could exploit this by providing an excessively long HOME environment variable, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring local access and user interaction for exploitation, and could result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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