Joomla! Flash Magazine Deluxe Component Insecure Directory Permissions Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45329

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/45329/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45329

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-22
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in the Flash Magazine Deluxe 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 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 2.1.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the Joomla! VEL team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.joomplace.com/news-blog/flashmagazine-deluxe-2-1-4-security-release.html