SAP DB 7.3.00 lserver symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in SAP DB 7.3.00. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component lserver. Such manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1576. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP DB 7.3.00 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component lserver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

lserver in SAP DB 7.3 and earlier uses the current working directory to find and execute the lserversrv program, which allows local users to gain privileges with a malicious lserversrv that is called from a directory that has a symlink to the lserver program.

The weakness was published 04/15/2004 by FIRST (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1576 since 03/15/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10762), Exploit-DB (22067) and SecurityFocus (BID 6316†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/04/2002 🔍
03/15/2004 +467 days 🔍
04/15/2004 +31 days 🔍
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10/15/2014 +3835 days 🔍
03/02/2025 +3791 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sap.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1576 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1576
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21740
X-Force: 10762 - SAP DB ./lserversrv binary symlink
SecurityFocus: 6316 - SAP DB Symbolic Link Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 18:03
Updated: 03/02/2025 20:44
Changes: 10/15/2014 18:03 (48), 06/18/2018 09:18 (7), 03/02/2025 20:44 (24)
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