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CVE-2003-04491 exploit

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…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-22773 Progress Database 9.1 - Environment Variable Privilege Escalation · local · 2003-06-14

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=105561134624665&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • secnetops.com /research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-1009.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secnetops.com /research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-0945.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=105561189625082&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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