CVE-1999-0906

Summary

CVE-1999-0906 is a significant vulnerability affecting the Secure Computer Control Workstation (sccw) software. This issue involves a buffer overflow, which can be exploited by local users. By manipulating the HOME environmental variable, an attacker can overwrite memory and gain root access to the system, elevating their privileges to the highest level. This vulnerability poses a serious risk to security and requires immediate attention and patching to mitigate it.

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