CVE-2008-6827 The 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 "S...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
The 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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| symantec altiris deployment solution | >= 6.0, < 6.9.355 | 6.9.355 |
| symantec altiris deployment solution | = 6.9.355 | No fix listed |
References
- 20081020 Insomnia : ISVA-081020.1 - Altiris Deployment Server Agent - Privilege Escalation mailing-list
- 49426 broken-link vdb-entry
- 31773 broken-link third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.insomniasec.com broken-link patch
- 31766 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 1021071 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- www.symantec.com broken-link patch vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-2876 broken-link patch vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- symantec-ads-clientgui-command-execution(46006) third-party-advisory vdb-entry