Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Deployment. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-2288. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Deployment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 has insufficient access control for deletion and modification of registry keys, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2008. The weakness was presented 05/18/2008 by Alex Hernandez (Website). The advisory is shared at symantec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2288 since 05/18/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32322 (Altiris Deployment Solution Agent < 6.9.176 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 121151 (Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM008-012)).

Upgrading to version 6.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42441), Tenable (32322), SecurityFocus (BID 29196†), OSVDB (45317†) and Secunia (SA30261†). See VDB-42436, VDB-42435, VDB-42434 and VDB-42432 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32322
Nessus Name: Altiris Deployment Solution Agent < 6.9.176 Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Alex Hernandez
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42433
X-Force: 42441
SecurityFocus: 29196 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Registry Keys Local Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 30261
OSVDB: 45317 - Symantec - Altiris Deployment Solution - Registry Keys Local Unauthorized Access Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020024
Vulnerability Center: 18413 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8-6.9.175 Local DoS and Information Disclosure, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-1542

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 12:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (70), 08/10/2019 12:39 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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