CVE-2009-3028

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3028
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-07 21:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x exposes an unsafe method, which allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary code via the DownloadAndInstall method.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 sp3 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 sp4 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 All All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp1_hf12 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r1 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r10 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r11 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r12 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r13 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r2 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r3 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r4 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r5 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r6 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r7 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r8 All All
Application Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 sp3_r9 All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 All All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 rc5 All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 sp1 All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 sp2 All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 sp3 All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 sp4 All All
Application Symantec Management Platform 7.0 sp5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Enterprise Support - Symantec Corp. - Vulnerability in the Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com Patch
Altirix eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX Control "DownloadAndInstall()" Insecure Method - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/57893 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Broadcom Support Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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