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TITLE:
Linksys WLAN Monitor Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16396

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http://secunia.com/advisories/16396/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Linksys WLAN Monitor 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5527/

DESCRIPTION:
Reed Arvin has discovered a vulnerability in Linksys WLAN Monitor,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the program running its GUI with
SYSTEM privileges rather than using the privilege of the currently
logged on user. This can be exploited gain SYSTEM privileges by
invoking the program from the system tray and then using its profile
import fileopen dialog box to launch cmd.exe.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reed Arvin

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