CVE-2008-6827

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6827
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-08 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.0 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5.248 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5.299 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.282 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.378 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.380.0 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8_sp1 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8_sp2 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.0 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5.248 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5.299 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.282 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.378 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.380.0 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8_sp1 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8_sp2 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Client User Interface Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Page not found | Insomnia Security MISC www.insomniasec.com Patch
49426 OSVDB osvdb.org
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Privilege Escalation - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
'Insomnia : ISVA-081020.1 - Altiris Deployment Server Agent - Privilege Escalation' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Client GUI Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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