---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is pleased to announce the release of the annual Secunia report for 2008. Highlights from the 2008 report: * Vulnerability Research * Software Inspection Results * Secunia Research Highlights * Secunia Advisory Statistics Request the full 2008 Report here: http://secunia.com/advisories/try_vi/request_2008_report/ Stay Secure, Secunia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: iPassConnect Privilege Escalation Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA34974 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/34974/ DESCRIPTION: Kevin Lawler has discovered a vulnerability in iPassConnect, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and disclose sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to the application handling programs that are configured to be started after connecting to a network in a global context. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary programs with the privileges of another user using iPassConnect to connect to a network. This can further be exploited to disclose the user credentials by passing "" and "" as arguments to the configured program. The vulnerability is confirmed in 3.51, 3.60, and 3.66. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Grant only trusted users access to affected systems. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Kevin Lawler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------