CVE-2006-0525

Description

Multiple Adobe products, including (1) Photoshop CS2, (2) Illustrator CS2, and (3) Adobe Help Center, install a large number of .EXE and .DLL files with write-access permission for the Everyone group, which allows local users to gain privileges via Trojan horse programs.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332644.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16451 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015577 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015579 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860 third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/18698 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015578 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24464 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0431 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22908 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0525?
CVE-2006-0525 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0525?
To fix CVE-2006-0525, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0525 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-0525 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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