Adobe Version Cue for Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

BID:14638

Info

Adobe Version Cue for Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 14638
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1842
CVE-2005-1843
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 23 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:06PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to vade79.
Vulnerable: Adobe Version Cue 1.0.1
+ Adobe Creative Suite 1.3
Adobe Version Cue 1.0
+ Adobe Creative Suite 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Adobe Version Cue for Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Adobe Version Cue for Mac OS X is prone to two local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities that could allow a local attacker to load arbitrary libraries or overwrite files.

The first issue (CAN-2005-1842) allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the superuser through the VCNative application. This vulnerability permits privilege escalation, because files may be overwritten with custom data.

The second issue (CAN-2005-1843) allows a local user to load arbitrary libraries in the context of the superuser through the VCNative application. This will permit privilege escalation.

Adobe Version Cue 1.0 and 1.0.1 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Adobe Version Cue for Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Adobe Version Cue for Mac OS X Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Adobe has released a fix:


Adobe Version Cue 1.0

Adobe Version Cue 1.0.1

References

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