The admin.ib file in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux has default world writable permissions, which allows local users to gain database admin
The admin.ib file in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux has default world writable permissions, which allows local users to gain database administrative privileges.
- Published
- Mar 20, 2004
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.2% · 81th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| borland software | interbase | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- borland software interbase4.0
- borland software interbase5.0
- borland software interbase6.0
- borland software interbase6.4
- borland software interbase6.5
- borland software interbase7.0
- borland software interbase7.1
Same product
borland software: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-3566Stack-based buffer overflow in the database service (ibserver.exe) in Borland InterBase 2007 before SP2 allows remote attackers to execute a50Plan
- CVE-2007-5243Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253, and WI 5.1.1.680 through 8.1.0.257, allow remote a49Plan
- CVE-2007-5244Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allow48Plan
- CVE-2001-0008Backdoor account in Interbase database server allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files using stored procedures.44Plan
- CVE-2003-0197Buffer overflow gds_lock_mgr of Interbase Database 6.x allows local users to gain privileges via a long ISC_LOCK_ENV environment variable (I28Monitor
- CVE-2002-1514gds_lock_mgr in Borland InterBase allows local users to overwrite files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on a "isc_init1.X" temporar28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=80&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
- www.osvdb.org/4381
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9929
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15546
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.