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CVE-2003-1033

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.35%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2004-04-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2003-1033
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.35%

Original NVD 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.