Unspecified vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution allows attackers to obtain authentication credentials via unknown vectors,

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• symantec altiris deployment solution6

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2009-3031Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in AeXNSCo
  51Plan
• CVE-2009-3033Buffer overflow in the RunCmd method in the Altiris eXpress NS Console Utilities ActiveX control in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in the web con
  49Plan
• CVE-2009-3179Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
  42Plan
• CVE-2009-3028The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification
  40Plan
• CVE-2008-2286SQL injection vulnerability in axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows remote attackers t
  40Plan
• CVE-2009-3109Unspecified vulnerability in the AClient agent in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x before 6.9 SP3 Build 430, when key-based authen
  38Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.