CVE-2004-2335: Macromedia Contribute

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Macromedia Contribute: version 2.0 only
• Macromedia Studio: version 2004 only

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.