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The (1) instdbmsrv and (2) instlserver programs in SAP DB Development Tools 7.x trust the user-provided INSTROOT environment variable as a path when assigning setuid permissions to the lserver program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified INSTROOT that points to a malicious dbmsrv or lserver program

Published Mar 16, 2004

Description

The (1) instdbmsrv and (2) instlserver programs in SAP DB Development Tools 7.x trust the user-provided INSTROOT environment variable as a path when assigning setuid permissions to the lserver program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified INSTROOT that points to a malicious dbmsrv or lserver program.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 16, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Mar 15, 2004
Link CVE-2003-1033
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2003-1033
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2003-1033