01 Record
CVE-2009-3489
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-09-30 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-09-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8cdb1e6f52ee3d74911a71f383f105d14402f3b6ab4fe0b055d741c64cfc39b9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com36542http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36542
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2798http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2798
- www.securityfocus.com20090929 Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Active File Monitor Service Bad Security Descriptor Local Elevation Of Privilegeshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506806/100/0/threaded
- blogs.adobe.comhttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_photoshop_elements_8.html
- www.securitytracker.com1022963http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022963
- retrogod.altervista.orghttp://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_pe_local.html
- secunia.com36895http://secunia.com/advisories/36895