# CVE-2003-0640: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Operators can overwrite credentials to gain Admin privileges when using NodeManager, requiring patching of WebLogic Server.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Aug 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m47q-xwww-q4vq

## What is CVE-2003-0640?

CVE-2003-0640 is a critical vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 2 Aug 2003. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

BEA WebLogic Server and Express, when using NodeManager to start servers, provides Operator users with privileges to overwrite usernames and passwords, which may allow Operators to gain Admin privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0640?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bea Weblogic Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-0640?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-0640 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bea Weblogic Server

- [CVE-2008-3257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3257/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0417/): BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP7, 8.1 through 8.1 SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when using the WebLogic Server 6.1 compatibility realm, allows a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0098/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0681/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0684/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-0640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-0640 is a critical vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 2 Aug 2003. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bea Weblogic Server. 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-2003-0640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0640/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.