CVE-2003-1033

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 15, 2004
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2003-1033: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix