CVE-1999-0979

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.67% (52nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The SCO UnixWare privileged process system allows local users to gain root privileges by using a debugger such as gdb to insert traps into _init before the privileged process is executed.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-19674SCO Unixware 7.0/7.0.1/7.1/7.1.1 - Privileged Program Debuggingfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
sco unixware= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware= 7.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware= 7.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2000-04-11modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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