CVE-2006-0525

N/A Unknown
Published: February 02, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Multiple 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18698
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015577
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015578
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015579
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332644.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/22908
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16451
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0431
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24464
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/18698
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015577
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015578
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015579
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332644.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/22908
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16451
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0431
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24464
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
44th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

adobe

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