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CVE-2003-0497 (GCVE-0-2003-0497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-07-04 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI
Summary
Caché Database 5.x installs /cachesys/bin/cache with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying cache and executing it via cuxs.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-ser… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
https://www.intersystems.com/support-learning/sup… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2003-07-01 00:00
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