FKIE_CVE-2009-4648

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-02-19 17:30 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.portcullis-security.com/338.phpExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56248
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.phpExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56248
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance 7_0_135
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance 7_0_178
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance 7_0_189
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance 7_0_259
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance 7_0_296
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