CVE-2007-5838

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Aclient in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.8.380.0 allows local users to gain local System privileges via the "Enable key-based authentication to Deployment server" browser option, a different issue than CVE-2007-4380.

Affected products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution: 6, 6.8, 6.8-sp1, 6.8-sp2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27412
http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/111-Vendor-Alerts
http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/152-Advisory-022
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26265
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018876
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.10.31a.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38180
http://secunia.com/advisories/27412
http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/111-Vendor-Alerts
http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/152-Advisory-022
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26265

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