---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is hiring! http://secunia.com/company/jobs/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: DirectAdmin Hard Link Privilege Escalation Security Issue SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA44389 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/44389/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44389 RELEASE DATE: 2011-05-04 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/44389/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/44389/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44389 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A security issue has been reported in DirectAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. The security issue is caused due to an improper check for certain hard links when creating backups and can be exploited to e.g. manipulate certain files through hard link attacks. The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.382. SOLUTION: Update to version 1.382. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: DirectAdmin Feature#1205: http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=1205 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------