What is CVE-2008-6827?

CVE-2008-6827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2009-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2008-6827?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2008-6827 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

CVE-2008-6827

The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden GUI button to (1) overwrite the CommandLine parameter to cmd.exe to use SYSTEM privileges and (2) modify the DLL that is loaded using the LoadLibrary API function.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2009-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution — versions 6.9.355

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)
www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20a.html (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/31773 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46006 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2876 (Patch, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
osvdb.org/49426 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-081020.1.htm (Patch, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31766 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-6827?: CVE-2008-6827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2009-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2008-6827?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2008-6827 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.