CVE-1999-1302: Sco Open Desktop

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in pt_chmod in SCO UNIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root access.

Affected products

• Sco Open Desktop: version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only
• Sco Open Desktop Lite: version 3.0 only
• Sco Openserver Enterprise System: version 3.0 only
• Sco Openserver Network System: version 3.0 only
• Sco Unix: up to and including 4.2; version 3.2 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only

Published 1994-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.