CVE-2008-6827

7.8 highEPSS 1.1%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-306
Published: 2009-06-08
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

symantec:altiris_deployment_solution

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

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