CVE-2002-1998: Sco Open Unix

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in rpc.cmsd in SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long parameter to rtable_create (procedure 21).

Affected products

• Sco Open Unix: version 8.0.0 only
• Sco Unixware: version 7.1.1 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.