CVE-2009-3028

medium

Published 2011-03-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x exposes an unsafe method, which allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary code via the DownloadAndInstall method.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16600 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2010-11-24

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution - ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/symantec_altirisdeployment_downloadandinstall rank 600

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	altiris_deployment_solution	`6.9`
symantec	altiris_notification_server	`6.0`
symantec	management_platform	`7.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.