CVE-2008-2289
Unspecified vulnerability in a tooltip element in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in a tooltip element in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- symantec/altiris deployment solution
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30261
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29218
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020024
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42440
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30261
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29218
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020024
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42440
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.