Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0979

Title: UnixWare privileged process debug trap allows local root

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0979

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 11, 2000

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0979: The SCO UnixWare privileged process system allows local users to gain root privileges by using a debugger such as gdb to insert traps into _init before the privileged process is executed.

Impacted Vendors

sco 1

novell 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/869 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/869

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0979 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19674

View Code

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 11, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.