Summary
This host is installed with Adobe Reader and is prone to privelege escalation vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to gain elevated priveleges and remove the files or replace them with malicious binaries.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Update to Adobe Reader version 6.0.5 or later. For updates refer, For updates refer to http://www.adobe.com
Insight
The flaw is due to insecure default file permissions being set on the installed files and folders.
Affected
Adobe Reader version 6.0.4 and before on Mac OS X.
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-3452 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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