CVE-2003-0497
Caché Database 5.x installs /cachesys/bin/cache with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.79%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Caché Database 5.x installs /cachesys/bin/cache with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying cache and executing it via cuxs.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- InterSystems Cache 4.1.15/5.0.x - Insecure Default Permissions (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22847local, linuxpublished 1 Jul 2003Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.79% · top 44% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 20030701 Caché Insecure Installation File and Directory Permissions (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- https://www.intersystems.com/support-learning/support/product-news-alerts/support-alerts-2003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0491 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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