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CVE-2003-1033

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2004-04-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) instdbmsrv and (2) instlserver programs in SAP DB Development Tools 7.x trust the user-provided INSTROOT environment variable as a path when assigning setuid permissions to the lserver program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified INSTROOT that points to a malicious dbmsrv or lserver program.

Affected Platforms

Sap Sap Db

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References