Is CVE-2009-4648 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-4648 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-4648?

CVE-2009-4648 has a CVSS score of 7.2 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2009-4648?

Patch guidance is available from accellion security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2009-4648.

CVE-2009-4648 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2009-4648?

5 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.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: local
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: complete
Integrity: complete
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ACCELLION
Published: 2/19/2010
Last Modified: 4/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

accellion : secure_file_transfer_applianceaccellion : secure_file_transfer_applianceaccellion : secure_file_transfer_applianceaccellion : secure_file_transfer_applianceaccellion : secure_file_transfer_appliance

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD