CVE-1999-1138

High CVSS 10

Published 1993-09-17 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1138, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2, and other SCO products, installs the home directories (1) /tmp for the dos user, and (2) /usr/tmp for the asg user, which allows other users to gain access to those accounts since /tmp and /usr/tmp are world-writable.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1138

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C