Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2004· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2003-1033

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 products

SAP/Sap Db2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/7407nvdPatchVendor Advisory
listserv.sap.com/pipermail/sapdb.sources/2003-April/000143.htmlnvd
marc.infonvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/7408nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11842nvd

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