Merge up to 5.3.23 on UnixWare privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Merge up to 5.3.23 on UnixWare and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-0597. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Merge up to 5.3.23 on UnixWare. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in display of Merge before 5.3.23a in UnixWare 7.1.x allows local users to gain root privileges.

The weakness was published 08/27/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0597 since 07/21/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.3.23a eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Merge

Version

• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 5.3.9
• 5.3.10
• 5.3.11
• 5.3.12
• 5.3.13
• 5.3.14
• 5.3.15
• 5.3.16
• 5.3.17
• 5.3.18
• 5.3.19
• 5.3.20
• 5.3.21
• 5.3.22
• 5.3.23

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