CVE-2001-0576

Published: Aug 22, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.6

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

lpusers as included with SCO OpenServer 5.0 through 5.0.6 allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the '-u' command line parameter.

Affected (1)

Products: Sco: Openserver

Sco

1 product

Openserver

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sco Openserver	Up to 5.0.6

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0407.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6292

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0407.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6292

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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