CVE-1999-1162

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.16% (67th) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Vulnerability in passwd in SCO UNIX 4.0 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by preventing users from being able to log into the system.

cvss

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

6.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9

v2.05.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USLLM-inferred

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
sco open desktop= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco open desktop= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unix≤ 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 1993-05-24modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-08.html enisa_euvd
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/542.php enisa_euvd
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-08.htmlPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/542.php nvd

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