CVE-2005-2926

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2926
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-25 16:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sco Openserver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
iDefense Security Intelligence Deliverables -- Managed Security Services and Information Security Documents // iDefense Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com
SCO OpenServer authsh and backupsh Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - SCO OpenServer Buffer Overflow in authsh and backupsh Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SCO OpenServer Backupsh Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/20153 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/20154 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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