CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-3489

7.8 HIGH Published 2009-09-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-732

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.

Affected configurations

• adobe photoshop elements 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References