CVE-2008-2286
SQL injection vulnerability in axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows remote attackers…
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Description
SQL injection vulnerability in axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified string fields in a notification packet.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Metasploit modules1 module
- Symantec Altiris DS SQL Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/altiris_ds_sqliRank normaldisclosed 15 May 2008
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Symantec Altiris DS - SQL Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29552remote, windowspublished 13 Nov 2013Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 29552 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.7% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 29198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- symantec-altiris-axengine-sql-injection(42436) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSRT080115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-024/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080515 ZDI-08-024: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution SQL Injection Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29552 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20080518 Insomnia : ISVA-080516.1 - Altiris Deployment Solution - SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 45313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1020024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30261 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2283 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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