CVE-2003-0449

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2003-08-07

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Database (Progress)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105561134624665&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105561189625082&w=2
• http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-0945.txt
• http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-1009.txt