CVE-2008-6827

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6827
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-08 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-306 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution All All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Privilege Escalation - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Client GUI Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Client User Interface Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
'Insomnia : ISVA-081020.1 - Altiris Deployment Server Agent - Privilege Escalation' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Page not found | Insomnia Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.insomniasec.com Broken Link, Patch
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/49426 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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