Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1514

Title: Borland InterBase gds_lock_mgr symlink attack local privilege escalation

Privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-1514

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 02, 2003

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.40%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1514: gds_lock_mgr in Borland InterBase allows local users to overwrite files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on a "isc_init1.X" temporary file, as demonstrated by modifying the xinetdbd file.

Impacted Vendors

borland_software 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0311.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10196.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5805 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0311.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10196.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5805

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1514 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21865

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 02, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.