Mac firewall security flaw in Adobe CS3

Security experts are warning of an issue within Adobe CS3's Version Cue application which can disable a Mac's built-in firewall.
An alert from the experts at Secunia warns that Adobe Version Cue disables a Mac's firewall when it is installed. It does so in order to set certain ports up for "controlled access through the firewall", the experts said.
The probelm is that the installer doesn't re-enable the firewall once installation is complete, leaving certain system services vulnerable to attacks.
The security issue is reported in Adobe Version Cue CS3 Server, installed as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, or Web Standard editions, Secunia explains.
There is a simple fix to the flaw, which is rated as "less critical" – users simply need to re-enable their Mac OS X firewall in System Preferences once installation is complete.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?newsid=18066&pagtype=allcha ndate
I'm rather surprised that an application can simply turn off the firewall without any red flags to the user.
Any comments?

..."From a user perspective, I did give authorization to install the software - I did not give authorization to turn the firewall off and keep it off."...
That's the thing though - you may not think you gave it authorization to modify the firewall, but by providing an "admin" password, you actually did. It is a matter of education, but users must be made to recognize that inputing an "admin" password is giving the process that asked for it carte blanche powers. Such an arrangement seems to be fairly typical in personal computing. Installers that use Apple's installer do sometimes break things down a little and providing a bit of detail to what right is being requested, but from what I recall, Adobe uses something else.
..."Apple should probably have provided some safety net. After all, we are talking "firewall" here, not just some preference setting. "...
I guess it's beside the point but in this case, this installer legitimately needed to modify firewall settings - you told it to install a type of server. It just happened that, there was a bug so it didn't restore the firewall after it was done. How does the system know that you didn't really want to turn off the firewall? Considering the diverse functions software can perform, it would probably be overly intrusive for the OS to try to second guess a programme every time it tried to do something. Changing any sort of user preference setting would not have required a password at all. If a programme asks for your "admin" password, that is the tip off that it intends to make changes to the system. The requirement for a password is actually a huge "safety net".
With anything related to security, there's always a compromise between security and convenience. The presumption is that as the "admin", you are a person with authority over the computer and have some level of trust in the software you are about to install. If you think about it, compared to the alternative, the current arrangement saves you from having to click "Cancel" or "Allow" for every single file that the installer is going to create, or approve every individual port it wanted to open in the firewall (keeping in mind you are installing some sort of server), and in particular, from learning the ins and outs of every detail of the guts of OS X so you fully understand what it is that you are agreeing to. Now if it turns out that your trust in Adobe's intent or competence were misplaced, the result will unfortunately be the occasional problem like this one.
..."I wonder what happens if changes to the firewall are locked? Can a software install just override this without any authorization?"...
With your "admin" password, yes. Files can be locked in certain ways where an installer or other process wouldn't be able to modify them, but as far as simply turning off the firewall, I don't think you could prevent something with authorization from your "admin" password from doing so.

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