CVE-2004-1833

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1833
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-03-20 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe admin.ib file in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux has default world writable permissions, which allows local users to gain database administrative privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Borland Software Interbase 4.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 5.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 6.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 6.4 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 6.5 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 7.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 7.1 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 4.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 5.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 6.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 6.4 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 6.5 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 7.0 All All All
Application Borland Software Interbase 7.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Borland Interbase Unsafe Permissions on 'admin.ib' Let Local Users Gain Database Administrative Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
4381 OSVDB www.osvdb.org Vendor Advisory
Borland Interbase Database User Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Borland Interbase "admin.ib" Insecure Default File Permissions SECUNIA secunia.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Accenture | Let there be change IDEFENSE www.idefense.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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