# CVE-2005-4708: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local users can escalate privileges to Local System by exploiting insecure service configuration permissions in Adobe Macromedia MX products.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-54pm-xxpg-8wgg

## What is CVE-2005-4708?

CVE-2005-4708 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 2 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4708?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Adobe Captivate, Adobe Contribute, Adobe Director, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Elicensing, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Freehand, Adobe Studio.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

- [CVE-2017-3098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3098/): Path traversal in Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-3191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3191/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2017-3087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3087/): Information disclosure in Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier. (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-21011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21011/): Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Captivate 2019 (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2021-36002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36002/): Privilege escalation in Captivate (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4708 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 2 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Flash Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4708

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