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TITLE:
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Server Agent Privilege
Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29319

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29319/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/4070/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Altiris Deployment
Solution, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Symantec Altiris
Deployment Solution Server Agent, which can be exploited via shatter
attacks to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability affects version 6.8.x (all builds).

SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.9.164 (see vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Brett Moore of Insomnia Security.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SYM008-008:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.03.10.html

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