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CVE-2026-15379: Arbitrary File Read as SYSTEM in Symantec ITMS
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-17 · updated 2026-10-24
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
The Altiris WMI provider exposes a class (AltirisAgent_Stream) that allows any local standard user to read the contents of any file accessible to the SYSTEM account, bypassing filesystem ACLs. No admin privileges required. The provider reverts to the LocalSystem context when servicing WMI queries without re-impersonating the caller. Any local standard user can therefore read SYSTEM-readable files — including configuration files, service logs, and secrets stored with SYSTEM/Administrator-only ACLs — by querying the provider directly.
Affected products
- Broadcom Symantec IT Management Suite: before SMA_SMP_8_8_PF_v13 and SMA_SMP_8_8_1_PF_v5
References
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