Joomla! Aardvertiser Component Insecure Directory Permissions Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40882

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/40882/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40882

RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-06
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in the Aardvertiser component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
manipulate certain data and potentially gain escalated privileges.

The weakness is caused due to the component setting insecure
permissions (777) for certain unspecified folders. This can be
exploited to e.g. modify, create, or delete files contained in the
folders.

The weakness is reported in versions prior to 2.2.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Pierre of the Joomla! Extensions Directory.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aardvertiser/forums/forum/989030/topic/3788365