CVE-2008-0716 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the agent in Symantec Altiris Notification Server versions prior to 6.0 SP3 R7. This flaw allows authenticated local users to gain elevated privileges through a "Shatter" style attack. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, indicating that an attacker with local access and user authentication could achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0_sp3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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