62522 : Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance Multiple Command Restriction Weakness Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-11-04

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
18 days	18 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-4648" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance before 8_0_105 does not properly restrict access to sensitive commands and arguments that run with extra sudo privileges, which allows local administrators to gain privileges via (1) arbitrary arguments in the --file_move action in /usr/local/bin/admin.pl, or a hard link attack in (2) chmod or (3) a certain cp command.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 8_0_105 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-4648 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 38176
ISS X-Force ID: 56248
Other Advisory URL: http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.php

Credit

Tim Brown - Portcullis CSL

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-02-22 | Disagree?

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