Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in multiple Panda products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Panda Products Insecure Default Directory Permissions
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37999
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37999/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in multiple Panda products, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the applications setting insecure
default permissions on the installation directory. This can be
exploited to gain escalated privileges by replacing application
binaries.
This is related to:
SA37373
The security issue is reported in the following products and
versions:
* Panda Global Protection 2010 version 3.01.00
* Panda Internet Security 2010 version 15.01.00
* Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 version 09.01.00
* Panda Antivirus for Netbooks 2010 version 09.01.00
Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Panda Global Protection 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PGP10/hfgp30906s22_r4.exe
Panda Internet Security 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PIS10/hfp150906s25_r1.exe
Panda Antivirus Pro 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PAVPro10/hft90906s21_r1.exe
Panda Antivirus for Netbooks 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PAVPro10/hft90906s21_r1.exe
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Nikolas Sotiriu, Jeffrey Walton, and Maxim A.
Kulakov.
CHANGELOG:
2010-01-12: Updated reporter link in the "Original Advisory" section.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Panda:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/support/card?id=80173
Nikolas Sotiriu:
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2010-001.txt
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA37373:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37373/
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