CVE-2009-4648
Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance before 8_0_105 does not properly restrict access to sensitive commands and arguments that run with extra sudo...
- Published
- Feb 19, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 10, 2010
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 55.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
1- Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance - Multiple Command Restriction / Privilege EscalationsExploit
Tim Brown · linux · Feb 10, 2010
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