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TITLE:
MDaemon Insecure Default Directory Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21554

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21554/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
MDaemon 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/2007/
MDaemon 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/648/
MDaemon 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/3455/
MDaemon 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/5407/
MDaemon 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/10271/

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

The problem is caused due to the application by default being
installed in the "MDaemon" folder in the system root with insecure
permissions (granting members of the "Users" group permissions to
create files and directories). This can be exploited by e.g. placing
a malicious RASAPI32.DLL or MPRAPI.DLL library in the "MDaemon\APP"
directory.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with
SYSTEM privileges.

The security issue is confirmed in versions 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.51, and
9.53. Other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: This is a general problem for the majority of Windows
applications when installed outside the "Program Files" folder due to
the way libraries are located.

SOLUTION:
Set secure permissions on the directory or install in the "Program
Files" folder (according to the vendor, this should not have an
impact on the functionality of the application).

NOTE: The vendor has attempted to prevent exploitation in later
versions by checking for the presence of RASAPI32.DLL in the
mentioned folder. However, this only fixes exploitation using this
specific filename and not the problem itself.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Secunia Research

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-67/

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