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    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 "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.

    Published:Jun 8, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 8, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.01558
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Altiris Deployment Solution

    Exploits

    https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2008-6827

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    References

    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2
    http://osvdb.org/49426
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31773
    http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2
    http://osvdb.org/49426
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31773
    http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High