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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-1023 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:36.007Z

Reserved: 2004-03-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-1033

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-04-15T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-1033

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