Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-0072

Title: Sco Openserver RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-0072

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 04, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.89%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-0072: Buffer overflow in termsh on SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0351 since it involves a distinct attack vector.

Impacted Vendors

xinuos 1

sco 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/Openserver_bof.c http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420677 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16122 http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/Openserver_bof.c http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420677 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16122

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-0072 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1402

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 04, 2006 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.