CVE-2009-3489
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-30 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:31
Severity ?
Summary
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 installs the Adobe Active File Monitor V8 service with an insecure security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36895Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36895Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798Permissions Required
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