THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-3028
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-3028

Altiris Deployment Solution vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
42.6%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x exposes an unsafe method, which allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary code via the DownloadAndInstall method.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Altiris Deployment Solution
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2011-03-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 42.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-3028

  • Confirm whether Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-3028.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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