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CVE-2009-4648 Details

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

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56248	CVE
http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.php	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56248	[email protected]
http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.php	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176	[email protected]	Exploit

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
accellion secure file transfer appliance	7_0_135 7_0_178 7_0_189 7_0_259 7_0_296
CPE cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_135:::::::* cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_178:::::::* cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_189:::::::* cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_259:::::::* cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_296:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

accellion secure file transfer appliance

7_0_135

7_0_178

7_0_189

7_0_259

7_0_296

CPE

cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_135:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_178:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_189:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_259:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_296:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 22, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]