VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-6827
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-06-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory