CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-6828

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Jun 08, 2009 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Altiris_deployment_solution Symantec * 6.9.355 (excluding)
Altiris_deployment_solution Symantec 6.9.355 (including) 6.9.355 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References