Adobe Macromedia MX 2004 products, Captivate, Contribute 2, Contribute 3, and eLicensing client install the Macromedia Licensing Service wit
Adobe Macromedia MX 2004 products, Captivate, Contribute 2, Contribute 3, and eLicensing client install the Macromedia Licensing Service with the Users group permitted to configure the service, including the path to executable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code as Local System.
- Published
- Dec 31, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 67th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | captivate | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:captivate |
| adobe | contribute | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:contribute |
| adobe | director | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:director |
| adobe | dreamweaver | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:dreamweaver |
| adobe | elicensing | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:elicensing |
| adobe | fireworks | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:fireworks |
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| adobe | freehand | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:freehand |
| adobe | studio | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:studio |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe captivateall versions
- adobe contribute2
- adobe contribute3
- adobe directorall versions
- adobe dreamweaver9.0
- adobe elicensingall versions
- adobe fireworks9.0
- adobe flash playerall versions
- adobe freehandmx
- adobe studiomx
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-3098Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read41Plan
- CVE-2010-3191Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Captivate 5.0.0.596, and possibly other versions, allows local users, and possibly remote attac39Monitor
- CVE-2017-3087Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have an information disclosure vulnerability resulting from abuse of the quiz reporting feature in Ca31Monitor
- CVE-2021-36002Adobe Captivate Installer Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions Could Lead To Privilege Escalation29Monitor
- CVE-2021-21011Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Captivate 201929Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/15654
- securitytracker.com/id?1014158
- securitytracker.com/id?1014159
- securitytracker.com/id?1014160
- securitytracker.com/id?1014161
- securitytracker.com/id?1014162
- securitytracker.com/id?1014163
- securitytracker.com/id?1014164
- securitytracker.com/id?1014165
- securitytracker.com/id?1014166
- www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
- www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-04.html
- www.osvdb.org/17248
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13925
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0723
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.