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TITLE:
Panda Antivirus Insecure Default Directory Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26336

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26336/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Panda Antivirus 2007
http://secunia.com/product/15138/
Panda Antivirus 2008
http://secunia.com/product/15139/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in Panda 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 "Panda Antivirus 2007" directory. This can be
exploited to gain escalated privileges by e.g. replacing files in the
directory.

The security issue is confirmed in Panda Antivirus 2007 and has also
been reported in Panda Antivirus 2008. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Set secure permissions on the directory.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
tarkus

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