49426 : Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution AClient GUI Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2008-10-20	2008-10-20

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-6827" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Authentication Required

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Symantec has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1021071
CVE ID: 2008-6827 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 31766
Secunia Advisory ID: 31773
ISS X-Force ID: 46006
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0159.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122460544316205&w=2
Other Advisory URL: http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.html

Tools & Filters

	34963

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-06-09 | Disagree?

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