CVE-2008-6827 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the ListView control of the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1. This flaw allows local users to achieve SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands through a "Shatter" style attack. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.0, < 6.9.355CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.9.355CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9.355:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.