CVE-1999-1571: Sco Openserver

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.

Affected products

• Sco Openserver: version 5.0.0 only; version 5.0.5 only

Published 1999-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.