Adobe Server information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Server. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-5199. No exploit is available. Additional authentication should be implemented.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Server (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Contribute Publishing Server leaks the administrator password in logs that are created during product installation, which allows local users to gain privileges to the server.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2006. The weakness was published 10/10/2006 by Seth Stein (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5199 since 10/09/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22540 (Adobe Contribute Publishing Server Administrator Password Local Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29441), Tenable (22540), SecurityFocus (BID 20439†), OSVDB (29672†) and Secunia (SA22329†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22540
Nessus Name: Adobe Contribute Publishing Server Administrator Password Local Disclosure
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Recommended: Authentication
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Seth Stein
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5199 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5199
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32695
X-Force: 29441
SecurityFocus: 20439 - Adobe Contribute Publishing Server Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 22329
OSVDB: 29672 - Adobe Contribute Publishing Server Installation Logfile Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1017038
Vulnerability Center: 12915 - Adobe Contribute Publishing Server Administrator Password Disclosure, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-4001

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/24/2026 05:58
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (68), 07/09/2019 11:30 (9), 04/24/2026 05:58 (17)
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