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CVE-2009-4648

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0490%

EPSS Percentile14.12th

PublishedFeb 19, 2010

Last ModifiedApr 29, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Accellion

Secure File Transfer Appliance

= 7_0_135

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Accellion

Secure File Transfer Appliance

= 7_0_178

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Accellion

Secure File Transfer Appliance

= 7_0_189

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Accellion

Secure File Transfer Appliance

= 7_0_259

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Accellion

Secure File Transfer Appliance

= 7_0_296

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.php

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176

🔗 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56248

🔗 http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.php

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176

🔗 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56248

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