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CVE-2009-3028

62
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3028 describes an unsafe method in the Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control (AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll), impacting Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to force arbitrary file downloads and potentially execute arbitrary code through the DownloadAndInstall method. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring medium attack complexity but allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via a Metasploit module, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
42.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute · Sep 9, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16600 · Nov 24, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4260 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/36679
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 57893
securityfocus.com / bid/36346
Exploit
symantec.com / business/support/index
Patch
symantec.com / security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp