FrSIRT - Symantec Altiris Notification Server Agent Privilege Escalation Issue / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Symantec Altiris Notification Server Agent Privilege Escalation Issue

Title : Symantec Altiris Notification Server Agent Privilege Escalation Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1861
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2794
CWE ID : CWE-264
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-06-18

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Altiris Notification Server, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1861
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.06.17.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Brett Moore (Insomnia Security).

ChangeLog

2008-06-18 : Initial release

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