CVE-2013-5008 describes a vulnerability in Symantec Management Platform 7.0 and 7.1 (before 7.1 SP2 Mp1.1v7 rollup), affecting various Altiris products. The flaw stems from the agent and task-agent components using a hardcoded, identical registry-entry encryption key across different customer installations. This misconfiguration allows local users to potentially gain sensitive information about package-server access or cause a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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