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CVE-2003-0449
Progress Database 9.1 to 9.1D06 trusts user input to find and load libraries using dlopen, which allows local users to gain privileges via…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
Description
Progress Database 9.1 to 9.1D06 trusts user input to find and load libraries using dlopen, which allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a PATH environment variable that points to malicious libraries, as demonstrated using libjutil.so in_proapsv, or (2) the -installdir command line parameter, as demonstrated using librocket_r.so in _dbagent.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20030614 SRT2003-06-13-0945 - Progress PATH based dlopen() issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-1009.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-06-13-0945.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20030614 SRT2003-06-13-1009 - Progress _dbagent -installdir dlopen() issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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