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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.