CVE-2006-0525

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0525
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-02 11:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.002140000 probability, percentile 0.440200000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat 3.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 3.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 4.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5a All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5c All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 5.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 5.0.10 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 6.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 6.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 6.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 6.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5a All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5c All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.10 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Creative Suite 1.0 All All All
Application Adobe Creative Suite 1.3 All All All
Application Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 All All All
Application Adobe Illustrator 10.0 All All All
Application Adobe Illustrator 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Illustrator 8.0 All All All
Application Adobe Illustrator 9.0 All All All
Application Adobe Illustrator cs All All All
Application Adobe Illustrator cs3 All All All
Application Adobe Indesign cs All All All
Application Adobe Indesign cs3 All All All
Application Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 All All All
Application Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 All plus All
Application Adobe Pagemaker 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Pagemaker 7.0 All plus All
Application Adobe Photoshop 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Photoshop 8.0 All All All
Application Adobe Photoshop 9.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Photoshop le All All All
Application Adobe Premiere 1.5 All pro All
Application Adobe Version Cue 1.0 All All All
Application Adobe Version Cue 1.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Version Cue gold All mac_os_x All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cs.princeton.edu
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Illustrator File/Folder Access Control Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#953860 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Security Advisory: File permissions vulnerability in Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Windows, Mac OS) - Support Knowledgebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com
www.osvdb.org/22908 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Adobe Products Insecure Default File Permissions - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Creative Suite File/Folder Access Control Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Adobe Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Photoshop File/Folder Access Control Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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