Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-3903

Title: uidadmin -S argument buffer overflow in SCO Unixware

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-3903.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 14, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.53%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-3903: Buffer overflow in uidadmin in SCO Unixware 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a -S (scheme) argument that specifies a large file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1063.

Impacted Vendors

caldera 1

sco 1

novell 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.54 http://secunia.com/advisories/17986 http://secunia.com/advisories/18660 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/251 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015342 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-034.htm http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=350&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15811 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23550 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.54 http://secunia.com/advisories/17986 http://secunia.com/advisories/18660 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/251 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015342 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-034.htm http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=350&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15811 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23550

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-3903 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.

December 14, 2005 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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.