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Macromedia Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11123
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Release Date:
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2004-03-15
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Popularity:
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9,965 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Macromedia Contribute 2
Macromedia Director MX 2004
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004
Macromedia Flash MX 2004
Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004
Macromedia Studio MX 2004
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Chris Irvine has discovered a vulnerability in Macromedia MX 2004 products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.
The problem is that the setuid root file "Library/Application Support/Macrovision/AuthenticationService" is writable by "other". This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a user using the affected products by overwriting the file.
The vulnerability affect Macromedia MX 2004 products and Contribute 2 running on the Mac OS X platform.
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