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high 7.2

CVE-2009-4648 json

Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance before 8_0_105 does not properly restrict access to sensitive commands and arguments that run with…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4613

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33623)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33623 Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance - Multiple Command Restriction / Privilege Escalations local, 2010-02-10
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38176 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • portcullis-security.com http://www.portcullis-security.com/338.php referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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