Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1063

Title: uidadmin long -S argument buffer overflow allows local root

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-1063.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 31, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1063: Buffer overflow in uidadmin in Caldera Open Unix 8.0.0 and UnixWare 7 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -S (scheme) command line argument.

Impacted Vendors

novell 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.14/CSSA-2001-SCO.14.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3244 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7036 ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.14/CSSA-2001-SCO.14.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3244 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7036

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-2001-1063 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 31, 2001 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.