CVE-2009-4648
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CVE-2009-4648 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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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- Status
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