Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to disclose sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, inject SQL queries, or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

The first issue is caused by an unspecified SQL injection error, which could allow a user with authorized network access to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

The second vulnerability is caused by an unspecified error that could allow a remote user with authorized network access to request and obtain encrypted domain credentials without being authenticated.

The third issue is caused by an unspecified error in the Agent's user interface, which could allow a non-privileged user to access a privileged command prompt.

The fourth vulnerability is caused by an error when handling common graphical user interface elements (tooltip), which could allow a non-privileged user to access a command prompt running under elevated privileges.

The fifth issue is caused due to the application creating several registry keys with insufficient access security, which could allow local users to modify or delete these registry keys, resulting in possible unauthorized access to system information or a denial of service.

The sixth vulnerability is caused due to insecure permissions being set on the install directory, which could be exploited by local attackers to replace application components with arbitrary code that will be run with administrative privileges.

Affected Products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution versions 6.8.x
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution versions 6.9.x

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.9.176 or apply patch :
http://www.solutionsam.com/solutions/hotfixes/kb41418.zip

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Brett Moore (Insomnia Security), ZDI (Zero Day Initiative), Alex Hernandez (sybsecurity.com) and Eduardo Vela.

ChangeLog

2008-05-15 : Initial release

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