Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8.379 aclient.exe cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8.379. The affected element is an unknown function of the file aclient.exe of the component Deployment. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1754. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8.379 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file aclient.exe of the component Deployment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution before 6.9.164 stores the Deployment Solution Agent (aka AClient) password in cleartext in memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping the AClient.exe process memory.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2008. The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityresponse.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1754 since 04/11/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31417 (Altiris AClient < 6.9.164 Multiple Local Vulnerabilities), 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 121152 (Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution AClient Password Disclosure Vulnerability (SYM08-011 )).

Upgrading to version 6.8.380 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41771), Tenable (31417), SecurityFocus (BID 28707†), OSVDB (44388†) and Secunia (SA29771†). The entry VDB-41660 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31417
Nessus Name: Altiris AClient < 6.9.164 Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.380

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03/12/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1754 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1754
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41927
X-Force: 41771
SecurityFocus: 28707 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution AClient Password Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 29771
OSVDB: 44388 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution AClient Local Cleartext Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1019825
Vulnerability Center: 18177 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Aclient Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Disclose Passwords, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-1197

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/31/2025 22:41
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (70), 08/08/2019 14:48 (9), 05/31/2025 22:41 (18)
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