{"id":"CVE-2008-6827","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-6827","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:47.038Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2009-06-08T19:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:03:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-306"],"affected":["symantec/altiris deployment solution"],"epss":{"score":0.01084,"percentile":0.65006,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/49426","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31773","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.html","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/49426","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31773","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021071","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.html","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6827","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}