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CVE-2003-0265

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-05-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in SDBINST for SAP database 7.3.0.29 creates critical files with world-writable permissions before initializing the setuid bits, which allows local attackers to gain root privileges by modifying the files before the permissions are changed.

Affected products

• Sap Db: 7.3.29, 7.4.3.7_beta

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232424810097&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7421
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232424810097&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7421

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