Adobe Acrobat up to 6.0.4 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat up to 6.0.4. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3452. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat up to 6.0.4 (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 6.0.4 and earlier, on Mac OSX, has insecure file and directory permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by overwriting program files.

The weakness was presented 07/12/2006 with Adobe (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3452 since 07/07/2006. The attack needs to approached within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115374 (Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB06-08)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27678), SecurityFocus (BID 18945†), OSVDB (27157†), Secunia (SA21016†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016473†). See VDB-2372 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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OpenVAS ID: 801525
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Jul07 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: http://www.adobe.com
Organization: Adobe
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3452 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3452
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2373
X-Force: 27678 - Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader insecure default file permissions, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18945 - Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 21016 - Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader Insecure Default Permissions, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27157 - Adobe Acrobat / Reader on Mac OS X Default Permission Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1016473
Vulnerability Center: 12320 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Mac OSX Local Privilege Elevation, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2758

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2006 13:11
Updated: 06/19/2025 23:27
Changes: 07/17/2006 13:11 (74), 10/14/2018 08:52 (16), 06/19/2025 23:27 (18)
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