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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Caldera OpenUnix 8.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component uidadmin. The manipulation of the argument -S
with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in uidadmin in Caldera Open Unix 8.0.0 and UnixWare 7 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -S (scheme) command line argument.
The weakness was published 08/31/2001 with Caldera (Website). The advisory is shared for download at stage.caldera.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1063. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is 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 vulnerability database at X-Force (7036).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
08/27/2001 🔍08/31/2001 🔍
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07/08/2014 🔍
06/03/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: stage.caldera.comOrganization: Caldera
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-1063 (🔍)
X-Force: 7036 - Caldera UnixWare and OpenUnix uidadmin buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 3244 - Caldera Open Unix UIDAdmin Scheme Option Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 17:26Updated: 06/03/2018 10:52
Changes: 07/08/2014 17:26 (49), 06/03/2018 10:52 (6)
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