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High severity · published Jun 8, 2009
CVE-2008-6827
The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute…
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden GUI button to (1) overwrite the CommandLine parameter to cmd.exe to use SYSTEM privileges and (2) modify the DLL that is loaded using the LoadLibrary API function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AD
Altiris Deployment Solution · Symantec
6.0 before 6.9.355; 6.9.355 · source: NVD
Affected product
AD
Altiris Deployment Solution
Symantec
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6827
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6827
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/49426
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31773
Broken Link
http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766
Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071
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