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TI-1999-01110 Aliases CVE-1999-1162GHSA-3gg7-v77p-8v9j

Vulnerability in passwd in SCO UNIX 4.0 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority LOW 31Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Vulnerability in passwd in SCO UNIX 4.0 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by preventing users from being able to log into the system.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01155 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableSco
cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableSco
cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.0VulnerableSco
  • cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Sco
  • cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Sco
  • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.0 Vulnerable ·Sco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-1162
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3gg7-v77p-8v9j

References

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-1999-00009 Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00126 Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-1999-01086 SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2, and other SCO products, installs the home directories… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00017 FTP servers can allow an attacker to connect to arbitrary ports on machines other than the FTP client, aka FTP bounce. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-1999-01133 Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-1999-00032 Command execution in Sun systems via buffer overflow in the at program. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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