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CVE-2009-3028

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 42.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2011-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x exposes an unsafe method, which allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary code via the DownloadAndInstall method.

Affected products

• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution: 6.9, 6.9-sp1, 6.9-sp2, 6.9-sp3, 6.9-sp4
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server: 6.0, 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp1_hf12, 6.0-sp2, 6.0-sp3, 6.0-sp3_r1 (+12)
• Symantec Management Platform: 7.0, 7.0-rc5, 7.0-sp1, 7.0-sp2, 7.0-sp3, 7.0-sp4 (+1)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/36679
• http://www.osvdb.org/57893
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36346
• http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH44885
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090922_00
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36679
• http://www.osvdb.org/57893
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36346
• http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH44885
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090922_00

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