CVE-2003-0449 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Progress Database 9.1 to 9.1D06 trusts user input to find and load libraries using dlopen, which allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a PATH environment variable that points to malicious libraries, as demonstrated using libjutil.so in_proapsv, or (2) the -installdir command line parameter, as demonstrated using librocket_r.so in _dbagent.

Published: 2003-06-20

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:progress:database:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0443	Progress Database 9.1 to 9.1D06 trusts user input to find and load libraries using dlopen, which allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a PATH environment variable that points to malicious libraries, as demonstrated using libjutil.so in_proapsv, or (2) the -installdir command line parameter, as demonstrated using librocket_r.so in _dbagent.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00425.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105561134624665&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105561189625082&w=2
http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-0945.txt
http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-1009.txt

History

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Progress Database

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-06-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:48.193Z

Reserved: 2003-06-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0449

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-08-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0449

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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