CVE-2005-2927: Sco Unixware

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in ppp in SCO Unixware 7.1.3 and 7.1.4, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) prompt or (2) defprompt command.

Affected products

• Sco Unixware: version 7.1.3 only; version 7.1.4 only

Published 2005-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.