CVE-2008-6828: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution: before 6.9.355 (fixed in 6.9.355); version 6.9.355 only

Published 2009-06-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.