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Secunia Security Advisory 29586

Secunia Security Advisory 29586
Posted Apr 1, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been discovered in Nik Sharpener Pro, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

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Secunia Security Advisory 29586

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A new version (0.9.0.0 - Release Candidate 1) of the free Secunia PSI
has been released. The new version includes many new and advanced
features, which makes it even easier to stay patched.

Download and test it today:
https://psi.secunia.com/

Read more about this new version:
https://psi.secunia.com/?page=changelog

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TITLE:
Nik Sharpener Pro Insecure File Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29586

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29586/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Nik Sharpener Pro 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/18118/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in Nik Sharpener Pro, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.

The problem is caused due to insecure default permissions being set
for installed plugins. This can potentially be exploited to gain
escalated privileges by replacing existing plugins with malicious
files.

The security issue is confirmed in Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Inkjet for
Windows. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
US-CERT credits Vlad Didenko.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#124289:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124289

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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