Is CVE-2008-6828 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-6828 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-6828?

CVE-2008-6828 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-6828?

CVE-2008-6828 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6828?

Upgrade altiris deployment solution to 6.9.355 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-6828

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-312

How to fix

Remediation Available

altiris deployment solutionNVD

Affected:< 6.9.355Fixed in:6.9.355CVE-2008-6828derived 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

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Third-Party Advisory3

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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.