VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2003-1033
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-04-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.