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CVE-2007-5838

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5838 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before version 6.8.380.0. A local user can exploit the "Enable key-based authentication to Deployment server" browser option to gain local System privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.8:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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/27412
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38180
irmplc.com / index.php/111-Vendor-Alerts
irmplc.com / index.php/152-Advisory-022
securityfocus.com / bid/26265
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2007.10.31a.html
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3673