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CVE-2008-2794

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2794 describes an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability within the GUI of Symantec Altiris Notification Server Agent 6.x, specifically versions prior to 6.0 SP3 R8. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing authenticated local attackers to gain full control (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) of the affected system with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r7:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30741
Vendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2008.06.17.html
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43154
securityfocus.com / bid/29708
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1861/references