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CVE-2008-6827

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-306

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

• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution: from 6.0 before 6.9.355; 6.9.355 — fixed in 6.9.355

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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