CVE-2008-2289

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: 2008-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in a tooltip element in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

Affected products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution: 6.0, 6.5.248, 6.5.299, 6.8, 6.8.378, 6.8.380.0 (+4)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30261
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29218
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020024
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42440
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30261
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29218
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020024
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html

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