Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 'Aclient' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36111
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-3108
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 26 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 07 2010 03:52PM
Credit:	Luke Jennings with MWRInfosecurity
Vulnerable:	Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355 SP1 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.176 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9
Not Vulnerable:	Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3 Build 430

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 'Aclient' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass security settings and gain privileged access. Successfully exploiting this issue can result in a compromise of the application.

Versions prior to Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3 Build 430 are vulnerable.

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 'Aclient' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. 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 Solution 'Aclient' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 'Aclient' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Altiris Deployment Solution (Luke Jennings)
  
• Altiris Deployment Solution Homepage (Symantec)
  
• Symantec�??s Altiris Deployment Solution �?? AClntUsr Local Privilege Escalation (MWR InfoSecurity)
  
• SYM09-011 Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Altiris D (Symantec)