Borland InterBase: Security Advisory on Back Door Access Risk

Borland's InterBase database software contains a "back door" that allows anyone with the appropriate password to wreak major havoc with the database and the computer it's running on, security experts said. A back door is an undocumented way to get access . . . Borland's InterBase database software contains a "back door" that allows anyone with the appropriate password to wreak major havoc with the database and the computer it's running on, security experts said. A back door is an undocumented way to get access to a computer system, typically using a secret password. In this case, the back door lets an attacker change the information stored in an InterBase database and insert programs that could enable even more damaging actions, according to an advisory posted Wednesday by the Computer Emergency Response Team.

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