Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-1209 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-1209 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-1209?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 20 November 1997.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- SCO OpenServer 5.0; SCO Open Desktop/Open Server 3.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-1209?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-1209 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-1209?
- Check whether you run Sco Open Desktop or Sco Openserver. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A vulnerability exists in the scoterm terminal emulator within SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO Open Desktop/Open Server 3.0. The flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to execute commands with elevated root privileges. While the specific technical root cause (such as a buffer overflow or environment variable manipulation) is not detailed in the provided NVD summary, the impact is a full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires local access to the system. Historical references indicate that binary exploits were circulated in the late 1990s.
Affected products
- SCO OpenServer 5.0
- SCO Open Desktop/Open Server 3.0
Timeline
- 1997-11-20: disclosed: Initial publication date in NVD
- 1997-12-04: other: Exploit binary discussed on Bugtraq mailing list