Macromedia Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Macromedia Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA11123	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-03-15
Popularity:	9,095 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

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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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. Solution: Apply updates. English: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/up...nsing/hotfix/osx_upgrades_1_039en.dmg French: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/up...nsing/hotfix/osx_upgrades_1_039fr.dmg German: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/up...nsing/hotfix/osx_upgrades_1_039de.dmg Italian: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/up...nsing/hotfix/osx_upgrades_1_039it.dmg Japanese: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/up...nsing/hotfix/osx_upgrades_1_039ja.dmg Spanish: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/up...nsing/hotfix/osx_upgrades_1_039es.dmg Provided and/or discovered by: Chris Irvine of Dark Horse Comics. Original Advisory: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-03.html

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