# CVE-2001-0366: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain root access by manipulating the PATH variable to execute a malicious expand program in SAP R/3 Web Application Server.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2002
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c74c-4fvx-4hwc

## What is CVE-2001-0366?

CVE-2001-0366 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

saposcol in SAP R/3 Web Application Server Demo before 1.5 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the expand program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse expand program.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0366?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Sap R 3 Web Application Server Demo, Sap Saposcol.

## How do I fix CVE-2001-0366?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0366 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2001-0366 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0366 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2001-0366 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0366/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0366/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0366
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0366
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-0366

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