Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.282 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.282 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2007-4380. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.282. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Aclient in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6 before 6.8 SP2 (6.8.378) allows local users to gain local System privileges via the Log File Viewer.

The bug was discovered 08/13/2007. The weakness was shared 08/16/2007 by Andy Davis (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4380 since 08/16/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25904 (Altiris Deployment Solution Aclient Process (aclient.exe) Log File Viewer Local Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121153 (Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Aclient Log File Viewer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (SYM07-022)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36004), Tenable (25904), SecurityFocus (BID 25232†), OSVDB (44701†) and Secunia (SA26435†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 25904
Nessus Name: Altiris Deployment Solution Aclient Process (aclient.exe) Log File Viewer Local Privilege Escalation
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Andy Davis
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4380 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4380
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38364
X-Force: 36004
SecurityFocus: 25232 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 26435
OSVDB: 44701 - Symantec - Altiris Deployment Solution - Local Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018552
Vulnerability Center: 15905 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Vulnerability Allows Code Execution with System Privileges, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2879

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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 06/07/2025 18:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (73), 07/24/2019 09:34 (4), 06/07/2025 18:39 (18)
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