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CVE-2009-4648

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.2 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.8% (57th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-4613)
Published
February 19, 2010
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4613 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • accellion / secure file transfer appliance
  • accellion / secure file transfer appliance
  • accellion / secure file transfer appliance
  • accellion / secure file transfer appliance
  • accellion / secure file transfer appliance

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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