CVE-2003-0498 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in Caché Database 5.x, specifically within the /cachesys/csp directory. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by introducing malicious server-side scripts. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), the vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intersystems:cache_database:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.