CVE-2003-1033

View on CVE.org

Published Mar 16, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

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_db:7.3.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.4:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
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.

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% (0.349% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103613727471&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sap Sap Db

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:12 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 16, 2004, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:12 AM
Reserved: Mar 15, 2004, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 15, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:03 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2003-04-22T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-10T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "sap-db-gain-privileges(11842)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842"}, {"name": "7407", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407"}, {"name": "[SAP DB Dev] 20030422 Security Alert: Development Tools", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.html"}, {"name": "7408", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408"}, {"name": "20030422 SRT2003-04-22-1336 - SAP DB Development Tools install flaw", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103613727471&w=2"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2003-1033", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "sap-db-gain-privileges(11842)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842"}, {"name": "7407", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407"}, {"name": "[SAP DB Dev] 20030422 Security Alert: Development Tools", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.html"}, {"name": "7408", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408"}, {"name": "20030422 SRT2003-04-22-1336 - SAP DB Development Tools install flaw", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103613727471&w=2"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T02:12:36.007Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "sap-db-gain-privileges(11842)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842"}, {"name": "7407", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407"}, {"name": "[SAP DB Dev] 20030422 Security Alert: Development Tools", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.html"}, {"name": "7408", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408"}, {"name": "20030422 SRT2003-04-22-1336 - SAP DB Development Tools install flaw", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103613727471&w=2"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2003-1033", "datePublished": "2004-03-16T05:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2004-03-15T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T02:12:36.007Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "CB2D865C-9FB8-4209-A0DC-52FED2C34E89", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "59D5757F-2C93-4544-966F-0AE195A3463C", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Los programas instdbmsrv y instlserver en SAP DB Development Tools 7.x utilizan la varible de entorno INSTROOT suministrada por el usuario como ruta cuando se asigna permisos setuid al programa lserver, lo que permite a usuarios locales ganar privilegios de root mediante una variable INSTROOT modificada para que apunte a una programa lserver o dbmsrv malicioso."}], "id": "CVE-2003-1033", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:03:23.963", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.2, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2004-04-15T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103613727471&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103613727471&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}