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>> MDaemon Insecure Default File Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Title : MDaemon Insecure Default File Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4538
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5968
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-16
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A vulnerability has been identified in MDaemon, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to insecure permissions being set on the "MDaemon" directory, which could be exploited by malicious users to replace certain files (e.g. "RASAPI32.DLL" or "MPRAPI.DLL") with a malicious library that will be executed with SYSTEM privileges.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Secunia Research
ChangeLog
2006-11-16 : Initial release
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