01 Record
CVE-1999-0866
Buffer overflow in UnixWare xauto program allows local users to gain root privilege.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in UnixWare xauto program allows local users to gain root privilege.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-06-02 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 16:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 1999-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed6d6d185b0d152e370f728e89aa28480385c6ab1747677c4a2adcfc9730e414
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info19991220 SCO OpenServer Security Statushttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94581379905584&w=2
- marc.info19991215 Recent postings about SCO UnixWare 7http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com848http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/848
- ftp.sco.comSB-99.24aftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-99.24a
- marc.info19991223 FYI, SCO Security patches available.http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94606167110764&w=2