CVE-2008-2290 describes an unspecified local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Agent user interface in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution versions 6.8.x and 6.9.x prior to 6.9.176. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to gain elevated privileges, indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.