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Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Server Agent Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29319
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Release Date:
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2008-03-11
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Last Update:
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2008-03-25
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Popularity:
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3,372 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1473
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Server Agent, which can be exploited via shatter attacks to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability affects version 6.8.x (all builds).
Solution:
Update to version 6.9.164 (see vendor's advisory for details).
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Brett Moore of Insomnia Security.
Changelog:
2008-03-25: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
SYM008-008:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.03.10.html
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