VDB-51896 · CVE-2009-4646 · SA38538

Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance Administrative Web Interface code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance. This impacts an unknown function of the component Administrative Web Interface. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-4646. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance (File Transfer Software) (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Administrative Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Static code injection vulnerability in the administrative web interface in Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary shell commands by appending them to a request to update the SNMP public community string.

The weakness was released 02/19/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portcullis-security.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4646 since 02/19/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA38538†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-51895. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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02/12/2010 🔍
02/19/2010 +7 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1853 days 🔍
05/01/2026 +4061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portcullis-security.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4646 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4646
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51896
Secunia: 38538 - Accellion File Transfer Appliance Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Less Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/01/2026 00:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (44), 12/26/2017 08:55 (7), 05/01/2026 00:58 (17)
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