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CVE-2008-6828
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 stores the Application Identity Account password in memory in cleartext, which…
High7.8EPSS 0.25%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 stores the Application Identity Account password in memory in cleartext, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify clients of the Deployment Solution Server.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% 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 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20b.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31773 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- symantec-ads-password-info-disclosure(46007) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2876 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1021072 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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