CVE-2008-6828 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 stores the Application Identity Account password in memory in cleartext, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify clients of the Deployment Solution Server.

Published: 2009-06-08

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9.355:-::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31773
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20b.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31767
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021072
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46007

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-06-08T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:42:00.433Z

Reserved: 2009-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6828

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-06-08T19:30:00.233

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6828

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-312

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