<![CDATA[I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file.]]>I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file.

Adobe secretly modifies your hosts file for the stupidest reason: https://www.osnews.com/story/144737/adobe-secretly-modifies-your-hosts-file-for-the-stupidest-reason/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/3e33eeef-12cc-4629-9ed0-37d2b9047f6a/i-can-confirm-creative-cloud-has-added-to-my-etc-hosts-file.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 12:29:41 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2026 23:02:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:02:04 GMT]]>@marcedwards does it run with root privileges or other elevated privileges then?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dosgame.club/users/jarno/statuses/116373698950854705https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dosgame.club/users/jarno/statuses/116373698950854705Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:02:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:16:29 GMT]]>@marcedwards@mastodon.social this probably to combat those keygen patcher 😂]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.id/notes/akul9ismthhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.id/notes/akul9ismthThu, 09 Apr 2026 05:16:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:49:57 GMT]]>@linuxandyarn @marcedwards Yeah, Windows has those tools from FreeBSD. Parts of Windows network stack were originally from FreeBSD, and Microsoft has bern using BSD licensed software for decades. Core parts of Azure were also running on top of FreeBSD (already a decade ago).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/autiomaa/statuses/116372707552539278https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/autiomaa/statuses/116372707552539278Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:49:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:45:40 GMT]]>@autiomaa @marcedwards Christ. There are days I want to day-drink just being a Linux admin. If I were responsible for Windows users with that shiz I'd be hospitalized.

(Also, today I learned Windows might have /etc/hosts; I assumed the OP had a Mac.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116372690755837845https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116372690755837845Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:45:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:19:13 GMT]]>@marcedwards @linuxandyarn At least on Windows, only way to install Adobe products is to give them system level access to everything. Creative Suite installs many background services, that in the past (back in 2017-) were essentially Node.js applications. So your desktop computer has a built-in web server that has been there for almost a decade, accessible via local ports.

Adobe's included Node.js server could be used to run any custom code, not only their own. Essentially an attacker could use it to run extra bits of code that would be hidden inside Adobe's software.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/autiomaa/statuses/116372586731066010https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/autiomaa/statuses/116372586731066010Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:19:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:03:31 GMT]]>@marcedwards This would be the final straw

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116321766470899932/statuses/116372524982031113https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116321766470899932/statuses/116372524982031113Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:03:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:54:10 GMT]]>@marcedwards

Uh,... wow.

Just wow. 🥴

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/carpetbomberz/statuses/116372252263996360https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/carpetbomberz/statuses/116372252263996360Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:54:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:35:02 GMT]]>@marcedwards@mastodon.social @relay@relay.infosec.exchange What. The. Fuck.
]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1775698502.050085https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1775698502.050085Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:35:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:33:59 GMT]]>@marcedwards I monitor my hosts file so good luck Adobe.

Disclaimer: I hate Adobe

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/moelassus/statuses/116372172919065664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/moelassus/statuses/116372172919065664Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:33:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:29:45 GMT]]>@marcedwards I didn't find anything, but I'm also running an older version of Creative Cloud on Sonoma (I don't update apps until I can verify my workflow won't break).

You might want to try:
`find /Applications/Utilities -name "*Adobe*" -print0 | xargs -0 grep -d recurse "Cloud WAM"`

I'm guessing they probably have some shell script that's making the entry.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116372156291686887https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116372156291686887Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:29:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:25:40 GMT]]>@linuxandyarn @marcedwards At least on my machine, Adobe adds some items to /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools. These will have root access.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116372140222548855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116372140222548855Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:25:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:07:44 GMT]]>@marcedwards kinda hate that my first thought was "damn that's clever"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116372069737498952https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116372069737498952Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:07:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:07:01 GMT]]>@marcedwards This explains why I had to constantly terminate all those bits.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/malwareminigun/statuses/116372066866509404https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/malwareminigun/statuses/116372066866509404Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:07:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:52:43 GMT]]>@linuxandyarn Good question! I’m not sure. I guess at some point it asks for and gets admin privileges? It’s been a while since I installed Adobe CC, so I can’t remember.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcedwards/statuses/116372010693548068https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcedwards/statuses/116372010693548068Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:52:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:51:31 GMT]]>@marcedwards How is it being modified when /etc/hosts is owned by root? An after-install script run by the package manager?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116372005956016602https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116372005956016602Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:51:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:52:59 GMT]]>@marcedwards I'll try to do a quick search when I get back to my computer and try to figure out which helper/agent/daemon is modifying this. Maybe there is a default to disable it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116371775795257659https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116371775795257659Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:52:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:47:29 GMT]]>@iccir It might! It’d make sense that the apps themselves aren’t the ones to make the modification.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcedwards/statuses/116371754184158376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcedwards/statuses/116371754184158376Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:47:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:41:54 GMT]]>@marcedwards I haven't experienced this yet, but I also kill any Adobe daemons when Photoshop/Illustrator/etc aren't running. I wonder if that makes the difference.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116371732193340022https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/iccir/statuses/116371732193340022Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:41:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can confirm Creative Cloud has added to my /etc/hosts file. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:13:24 GMT]]>@decryption I need their stuff, but it’s just non-stop stuff like this from them. One day I’ll uninstall it all!

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