CVE - CVE-2009-3489

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-3489	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 installs the Adobe Active File Monitor V8 service with an insecure security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command.
References
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BID:36542 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542 BUGTRAQ:20090929 Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Active File Monitor Service Bad Security Descriptor Local Elevation Of Privileges URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded MISC:http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html MISC:http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html SECTRACK:1022963 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963 SECUNIA:36895 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36895 VUPEN:ADV-2009-2798 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090930	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090930)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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