Symantec Altiris Deployment Server Agents 'AClient.exe' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28110
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1473
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Mar 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2015 06:05PM
Credit:	Brett Moore of Insomnia Security discovered this issue.
Vulnerable:	Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.380.0 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 SP2 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8 SP1 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8
Not Vulnerable:	Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164

Symantec Altiris Deployment Server Agents 'AClient.exe' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Symantec Altiris Deployment Server Agents are prone to shatter attacks that can result in an escalation of privileges.

Successful exploits will completely compromise affected computers.

Symantec Altiris Deployment Server Agents 'AClient.exe' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Symantec Altiris Deployment Server Agents 'AClient.exe' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Symantec released Deployment Solution 6.9.164 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.