SCO Unix Temporary Folder Installer privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SCO Unix (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Temporary Folder Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

sco unix system v/386 release 3.2 and other sco products installs the home directories (1) /tmp for the dos user and (2) /usr/tmp for the asg user which allows other users to gain access to those accounts since /tmp and /usr/tmp are world-writable.

The weakness was shared 09/17/1993 as CA-1993-13 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1138. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (546) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30650). The entry 13661 is related to this item.

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SCO OpenDesktop
SCO Unix 3.2

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Operating System

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Unix

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-269
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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