Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance 7 0 135 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-4648. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance (File Transfer Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 02/19/2010 by Tim Brown (Portcullis) with Portcullis Computer Security Ltd (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4648 since 02/19/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 7 0 189 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56248), Exploit-DB (33623) and SecurityFocus (BID 38176†). See VDB-51897, VDB-51895 and VDB-51894 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Secure File Transfer Appliance 7 0 189

Timelineinfo

02/10/2010 🔍
02/19/2010 +9 days 🔍
02/19/2010 +0 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1853 days 🔍
05/01/2026 +4061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Tim Brown (Portcullis)
Organization: Portcullis Computer Security Ltd
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-4648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51898
X-Force: 56248 - Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) ping menu command execution
SecurityFocus: 38176 - Accellion File Transfer Appliance Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/01/2026 00:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (51), 12/18/2017 08:15 (7), 12/17/2024 12:54 (21), 05/01/2026 00:58 (1)
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