What is CVE-2009-3031?

CVE-2009-3031 is a vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-11-03.

Is CVE-2009-3031 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

CVE-2009-3031

Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in Symantec Altiris Notification Server (NS) 6.0 before R12, Deployment Server 6.8 and 6.9 in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3, and Symantec Management Platform (SMP) 7.0 before SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-11-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.454 (98.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.454 · newest: 0.454 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution — versions 6.9
Symantec Altiris Management Platform — versions 7.0
Symantec Altiris Notification Server — versions 6.0, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-001.txt (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/36698 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3117 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507625/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
kb.altiris.com/article.asp (Vendor Advisory)
kb.altiris.com/article.asp (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-3031?: CVE-2009-3031 is a vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-11-03.
Is CVE-2009-3031 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.