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TITLE:
Bakbone Netvault "nvstatsmngr.exe" Privilege Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15158

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15158/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
BakBone NetVault 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4878/

DESCRIPTION:
Reed Arvin has discovered a vulnerability in BakBone NetVault, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The problem is that it is possible to invoke the help functionality
and execute arbitrary commands with LocalSystem privileges via the
"nvstatsmngr.exe" process.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in versions 7.1.1 and 7.3. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor is reportedly working on a patch, which is expected to be
released soon.

Grant only trusted users access to vulnerable systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reed Arvin

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