Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1571

Title: sar buffer overflow in SCO OpenServer allows local root via -f parameter

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-1571.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 04, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1571: Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.

Impacted Vendors

caldera 1

sco 1

Reference Links

ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/security_bulletins/SB-99.17c ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/sse037c/sse037c.ltr http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2 http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643 ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/security_bulletins/SB-99.17c ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/sse037c/sse037c.ltr http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2 http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643

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-1999-1571 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 04, 1999 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.