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Macromedia Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA15654	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-06-10
Last Update:	2006-02-07
Popularity:	8,707 views

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

Software:	Macromedia Captivate 1.x Macromedia Contribute 2 Macromedia Contribute 3 Macromedia Director MX 2004 Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 Macromedia FreeHand MX Macromedia Studio MX 2004 Macromedia Studio MX 2004 with Flash Pro

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-4708

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in various Macromedia products, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The problem is that the configuration for the Macromedia Licensing Service has improper permissions and can be modified by arbitrary users. This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges. Solution: Apply hotfix. http://download.macromedia.com/pub/security/licensing_installer_updater.exe Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by vendor. Changelog: 2006-02-07: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-04.html

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