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CVE-2003-0281

Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase code

Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long INTERBASE environment variable when calling (1) gds_inet_server, (2) gds_lock_mgr, or (3) gds_drop.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00121
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Affected Products & Versions

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firebirdsql firebirdall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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localFirebird 1.0.2 (FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE) - Local Privilege Escalationverified
localInterbase 6.0 - GDS_Drop Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (2)verified
localInterbase 6.0 - GDS_Drop Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (1)verified
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD16 Jun 2003 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105259012802997&w=2
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Jun/0212.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/8758
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7546
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11977
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