CVE-2003-0449 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating environment variables or command-line parameters to load malicious libraries in Progress Database.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0449?
CVE-2003-0449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0449?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Progress Database.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2003-0449 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0449 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jv3-rx3r-3xpm.