PT-2005-5373 · Adobe · Elicensing Client+5

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-4708

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Macromedia MX 2004 products, Captivate, Contribute 2, Contribute 3, and eLicensing client

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code as Local System due to the Macromedia Licensing Service being installed with the Users group permitted to configure the service, including the path to the executable.

Recommendations For Adobe Macromedia MX 2004 products, Captivate, Contribute 2, Contribute 3, and eLicensing client, consider restricting the permissions of the Macromedia Licensing Service to prevent local users from configuring the service and executing arbitrary code.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4708

Affected Products

Macromedia Mx 2004

Captivate

Contribute 2

Contribute 3

Macromedia Licensing Service

Elicensing Client

References · 19

• http://macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4708 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/17248 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15654 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014164 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4708 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014162 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0723 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014160 · Note
• http://cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13925 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014166 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014159 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014158 · Note