CVE-2004-2335 — The Macromedia installers and e-licensing client on Mac OS X, as used for Macromedia Contribute 2, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Studio, install the AuthenticationService setuid and writable by other users, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the program

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HIGH

The Macromedia installers and e-licensing client on Mac OS X, as used for Macromedia Contribute 2, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Studio, install the AuthenticationService setuid and writable by other users, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the program

Published Aug 16, 2005

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

The Macromedia installers and e-licensing client on Mac OS X, as used for Macromedia Contribute 2, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Studio, install the AuthenticationService setuid and writable by other users, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00359

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00359

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00359)	27.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00359)	27.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.01% (0.00013)	1.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/11123
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-03.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9862
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15465
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/11123		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-03.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9862		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15465		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 16, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Aug 16, 2005

Link CVE-2004-2335

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-2335

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-2335