CVE-2004-1833 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux, where the admin.ib file has insecure default world-writable permissions. This misconfiguration allows local users to gain database administrative privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.