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Adobe Version Cue Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13399
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Release Date:
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2004-12-10
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Last Update:
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2005-05-23
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Popularity:
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5,569 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: | Adobe Version Cue 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1307
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Description:
Jonathan Bringhurst has reported a vulnerability in Adobe Version Cue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the suid root scripts "startserver.sh" and "stopserver.sh". The problem is that the current directory is not properly checked before executing scripts without an absolute path and can be exploited to gain root privileges by e.g. planting a malicious script named "productname.sh" in the current directory.
The vulnerability only affects Mac OS X systems.
Solution:
The vendor has issued an update.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2932
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jonathan Bringhurst
Changelog:
2005-05-23: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331621.html
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