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TITLE:
Panda Products Insecure Default Directory Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37999

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37999/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in multiple Panda products, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the applications setting insecure
default permissions on the installation directory. This can be
exploited to gain escalated privileges by replacing application
binaries.

This is related to:
SA37373

The security issue is reported in the following products and
versions:
* Panda Global Protection 2010 version 3.01.00
* Panda Internet Security 2010 version 15.01.00
* Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 version 09.01.00
* Panda Antivirus for Netbooks 2010 version 09.01.00

Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Panda Global Protection 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PGP10/hfgp30906s22_r4.exe

Panda Internet Security 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PIS10/hfp150906s25_r1.exe

Panda Antivirus Pro 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PAVPro10/hft90906s21_r1.exe

Panda Antivirus for Netbooks 2010:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/PAVPro10/hft90906s21_r1.exe

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits  Nikolas Sotiriu, Jeffrey Walton, and Maxim A.
Kulakov.

CHANGELOG:
2010-01-12: Updated reporter link in the "Original Advisory" section.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Panda:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/support/card?id=80173

Nikolas Sotiriu:
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2010-001.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA37373:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37373/

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