Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8 axengine.exe credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8. This impacts an unknown function of the file axengine.exe of the component Deployment. Executing a manipulation can lead to credentials management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2291. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file axengine.exe of the component Deployment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 generates credentials with a fixed salt or without any salt, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess encrypted domain credentials.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2008. The weakness was released 05/18/2008 by Brett Moore with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-2291 since 05/18/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

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 32323 (Altiris Deployment Solution < 6.9.176 Multiple 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 r. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5936.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42437), Tenable (32323), SecurityFocus (BID 29199†), OSVDB (45314†) and Secunia (SA30261†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-42435, VDB-42434, VDB-42433 and VDB-42432. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32323
Nessus Name: Altiris Deployment Solution < 6.9.176 Multiple 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: Brett Moore
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2291 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2291
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42436
X-Force: 42437
SecurityFocus: 29199 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Domain Credential Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 30261
OSVDB: 45314 - CVE-2008-2291 - Symantec - Altiris Deployment Solution - Unauthorized Access Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020024
Vulnerability Center: 18411 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8-6.9.175 axengine.exe Remote Domain Credentials Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1542

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 12:27
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (73), 08/10/2019 12:27 (11)
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