Is CVE-2008-6827 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-6827 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-6827?

CVE-2008-6827 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-6827?

CVE-2008-6827 has an EPSS score of 1.08% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6827?

Upgrade altiris deployment solution to 6.9.355 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-6827

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden GUI button to (1) overwrite the CommandLine parameter to cmd.exe to use SYSTEM privileges and (2) modify the DLL that is loaded using the LoadLibrary API function.

CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function

How to fix

Remediation Available

altiris deployment solutionNVD

Affected:>= 6.0, < 6.9.355Fixed in:6.9.355CVE-2008-6827derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Mailing List1

marc.info

Other references1

osvdb.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2017-10271	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-42793	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-1388	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-37415	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-21839	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.