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TITLE:
AOL Insecure Default Directory Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18734

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18734/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
AOL 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/6839/
AOL 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/6840/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in AOL, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The problem is that AOL sets insecure default permissions (grants
"Everyone" group "Full Control") on the "America Online 9.0"
directory and all child objects. This can be exploited to remove,
manipulate, and replace any of the application's files.

The security issue has been confirmed in AOL 9.0 Security Edition
revision 4184.2340. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued fixes (see vendor statement in Secunia Research
advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-8/

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