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CVE-2008-2291
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…
High7.5EPSS 4.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080516.2.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080518 Insomnia : ISVA-080516.2 - Altiris Deployment Solution - Domain Account Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSRT080115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-025/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29199 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- symantec-altiris-axengine-info-disclosure(42437) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080515 ZDI-08-025: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Domain Credential Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30261 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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