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TITLE:
VBA32 Antivirus Insecure Default Directory Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27094

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27094/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
VBA32 Antivirus 3.x
https://secunia.com/product/15945/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in VBA32 Antivirus, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The problem is caused due to the application setting insecure default
permissions on the VBA32 installation directory. This can be exploited
to gain escalated privileges by e.g. replacing files in the
directory.

The security issue is reported in version 3.12.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Edi Strosar

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-October/066313.html

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