CVE-2009-3489
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 installs the Adobe Active File Monitor V8 service with an insecure security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-732
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3471)
- Published
- September 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3471 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / photoshop elements
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html(Broken Link)
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html(Broken Link, Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36895(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542(Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798(Permissions Required)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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