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CVE-2009-3031

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 45.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in Symantec Altiris Notification Server (NS) 6.0 before R12, Deployment Server 6.8 and 6.9 in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3, and Symantec Management Platform (SMP) 7.0 before SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument.

Affected products

• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution: 6.9, 6.9-sp1, 6.9-sp2, 6.9-sp3
• Symantec Altiris Management Platform: 7.0, 7.0-sp1
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server: 6.0, 6.0-sp2, 6.0-sp3, 6.0-sp3_r7, 7.0, 7.0-sp3

References

• http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-001.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507625/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36698
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091102_00
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3117
• https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49389&p=1
• https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49568&p=1
• http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-001.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507625/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36698
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091102_00
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3117

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