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Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Aclient Log File Viewer Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26435
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Release Date:
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2007-08-14
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Last Update:
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2007-10-22
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Popularity:
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5,313 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4380
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec's Altiris Deployment Solution, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The problem is that the Aclient process runs with local System privileges and allows for the Log File Viewer to open or execute arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in version 6.x build 282 and earlier.
Solution:
Update to 6.8 SP2 (6.8.378).
Deployment Solution for Clients 6.8 SP2:
http://www.altiris.com/download.aspx
Provided and/or discovered by:
Mazin Faour, Information Risk Management.
Changelog:
2007-08-22: Added CVE reference.
2007-10-22: Updated credits and added additional link in "Original Advisory" section.
Original Advisory:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.08.13.html
Information Risk Management:
http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/152-Advisory-022
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