CVE-2008-6827
The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden GUI button to (1) overwrite the CommandLine parameter to cmd.exe to use SYSTEM privileges and (2) modify the DLL that is loaded using the LoadLibrary API function.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- symantec/altiris deployment solution
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.1% 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=122460544316205&w=2Mailing List
- http://osvdb.org/49426Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31773Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htmBroken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2Mailing List
- http://osvdb.org/49426Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31773Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htmBroken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.