ID

VAR-E-200803-0463


CVE

cve_id:CVE-2008-0306

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TITLE

SAP MaxDB sdbstarter Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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DESCRIPTION

SAP MaxDB is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.
Exploiting this issue allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. This will lead to the complete compromise of an affected computer.
This issue affects MaxDB 7.6.0.37 on both Linux and Solaris platforms. Other UNIX variants are most likely affected. Microsoft Windows versions are not vulnerable to this issue.

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:sapmodel:maxdbscope:eqversion:7.6.0.37

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EXPLOIT

An attacker can exploit this issue by gaining local interactive access to the affected computer.

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PRICE

Free

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TYPE

Design Error

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CREDITS

Joshua J. Drake of VeriSign iDefense Labs is credited with discovering this issue.

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EXTERNAL IDS

db:NVDid:CVE-2008-0306

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db:BIDid:28185

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REFERENCES

url:https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb

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SOURCES

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2022-07-27T10:01:58.335000+00:00


SOURCES UPDATE DATE

db:BIDid:28185date:2008-03-12T18:01:00

SOURCES RELEASE DATE

db:BIDid:28185date:2008-03-10T00:00:00