CVE-2009-1526 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in JBMC Software DirectAdmin versions prior to 1.334. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack on a temporary file during a backup action, allowing them to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.33.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:directadmin:directadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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