CVE-2008-2291

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2291
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-18 14:20:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionaxengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 generates credentials with a fixed salt or without any salt, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess encrypted domain credentials.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution All All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 - All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Page not found | Insomnia Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.insomniasec.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Domain Credential Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands and Local Users Obtain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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