CVE-2009-4607 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Overland Storage Snap Server 410 running GuardianOS 5.1.041. An authenticated local user can exploit a flaw in the command line interface's use of the "less" utility, which runs with elevated privileges and allows shell escapes. By leveraging the "!" character within "less," an attacker can gain a privileged shell. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, and exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB. While not actively exploited in the wild, it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:overlandstorage:snap_server_410:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.041CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:overlandstorage:guardianos:5.1.041:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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