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7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2009-3489
Adobe Photoshop Elements Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 30, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3489 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe photoshop_elements
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Apply the workaround referenced in the vendor's advisory.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-3489.

URL Resource
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html Broken Link
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html Broken Link Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/36895 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542 Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798 Permissions Required
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html Broken Link
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html Broken Link Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/36895 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542 Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798 Permissions Required
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3489 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-3489 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-3489 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3489 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html
    Added Reference http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36895
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html No Types Assigned http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html Exploit http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html Broken Link, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/36895 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/36895 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798 Permissions Required
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-16
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.23 }} -0.30%

score

0.42990

percentile