# CVE-2006-0525: Multiple Adobe products, including (1) Photoshop CS2, (2) Illustrator CS2, and (3) Adobe Help Center, install a large number of .EXE and .DL

- 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

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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332644.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16451
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015577
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015579
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18698
- http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015578
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24464
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0431
- http://www.osvdb.org/22908

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