CVE-2004-2335

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Macromedia installers and e-licensing client on Mac OS X, as used for Macromedia Contribute 2, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Studio, install the AuthenticationService setuid and writable by other users, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the program.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-12-31 CVE Published
2005-08-16 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/11123	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15465	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-03.html	2017-07-11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9862	2017-07-11

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Macromedia Search vendor "Macromedia"		Contribute Search vendor "Macromedia" for product "Contribute"				2.0 Search vendor "Macromedia" for product "Contribute" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Macromedia Search vendor "Macromedia"		Studio Search vendor "Macromedia" for product "Studio"				2004 Search vendor "Macromedia" for product "Studio" and version "2004"		-		Affected