CVE-2001-0366

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

saposcol in SAP R/3 Web Application Server Demo before 1.5 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the expand program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse expand program.

Affected Products

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_r_3_web_application_server_demo::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:saposcol:1.0::linux:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:saposcol:1.1::linux:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:saposcol:1.2::linux:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:saposcol:1.3::linux:::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0363	saposcol in SAP R/3 Web Application Server Demo before 1.5 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the expand program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse expand program.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.557% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/linuxlab/saptools/README.saposcol
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180498
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2662
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6487

History

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Subscriptions

Sap Sap R 3 Web Application Server Demo Saposcol

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:14 AM
Reserved: May 24, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 27, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

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