CVE-1999-0712: Caldera Coas

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in Caldera Open Administration System (COAS) allows the /etc/shadow password file to be made world-readable.

Affected products

• Caldera Coas: version 1.0.5 only; version 1.0.6 only; version 1.0.7 only
• Caldera Openlinux: version 2.2 only

Published 1999-04-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.