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    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 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.

    Published:Feb 19, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Feb 19, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00283
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Accellion
    Product
    Secure File Transfer Appliance

    Exploits

    http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.phphttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.phphttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33623

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2009-4645 (CVSS 7.8) — Directory traversal vulnerability in web_client_user_guide.html in Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance be…
    CVE-2008-7012 (CVSS 7.8) — courier/1000@/api_error_email.html (aka "error reporting page") in Accellion File Transfer Appliance FTA_7_0_1…
    CVE-2008-3850 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer FTA_7_0_135 allows remote attackers to inj…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High