15896 : Altiris Deployment Solution AClient Password Protection Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-04-27	2005-04-27

Description

Altiris Deployment Solution contains a flaw in its ACLIENT.EXE service that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered by manipulating the Aclient interface to launch a windows command prompt which runs at the LocalSystem account level. From within this command prompt, the user can launch any program at those escalated privileges. This flaw may lead to a loss of Integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.1 SP1 Hotfix D or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Altiris	Deployment Solution	5.6 SP1 (Hotfix E)
		5.6.181
		6.1.393
		6.x (not affected)
		6.0.88
		5.6.x (not affected)
		6.1.350

References

Security Tracker: 1012271
Secunia Advisory ID: 15159
Related OSVDB ID: 15897
CVE ID: 2005-1590 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-04/0614.html
Packet Storm: http://packetstormsecurity.org/0411-exploits/aclient.txt
Vendor URL: http://www.altiris.com/

Credit

RedTeam Pentesting - RedTeam Pentesting

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-16 | Disagree?

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