{
    "id": "CVE-2003-0449",
    "published": "2003-08-07 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:02:13",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01489",
    "epss_percentile": "0.73357",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "progress",
            "product": "database"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "22773",
            "title": "Progress Database 9.1 - Environment Variable Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2003-06-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22773"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}