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Adobe Products Insecure Default File Permissions
Secunia Advisory:	SA18698	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-02-03
Popularity:	8,171 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Security Bypass Manipulation of data Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard Adobe Illustrator CS2 Adobe Photoshop CS2

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Description: A security issue has been reported in some Adobe products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions or gain escalated privileges. The security issue is caused due to insecure default file permissions being set on the installed files and folders. This allows any non-privileged users on the system to remove the files or replace them with malicious binaries. The security issue has been reported in the following products: * Adobe Creative Suite 2 * Adobe Photoshop CS2 * Adobe Illustrator CS2 Solution: Apply AdobeSecurityPatcher. Adobe Illustrator CS2 (Windows): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3308 Adobe Illustrator CS2 (Mac OS): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3307 Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Windows): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3306 Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Mac OS): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3305 Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium (Windows): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3304 Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium (Mac OS): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3303 Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard (Windows): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3230 Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard (Mac OS): http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3223 Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Sudhakar Govindavajhala and Andrew Appel of Princeton University. Original Advisory: Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332644.html

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