CVE-2003-0449 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 73)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.49% — more likely to be exploited than 73% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-08-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| progress | database |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Progress Database 9.1 - Environment Variable Privilege Escalation | 2003-06-14 |
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
- 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
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