Unspecified vulnerability in mm.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 allows…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in mm.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.18, "Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 DoS." NOTE: as of 20090909, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-3178
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mhgr-f9r9-gf56
References
More Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-02888 Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2009-02890 Buffer overflow in the RunCmd method in the Altiris eXpress NS Console Utilities ActiveX… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2009-02885 The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2008-02192 SQL injection vulnerability in axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2009-03024 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 might… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-04353 Stack-based buffer overflow in wp6sr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView SDK 10.4 and earlier, as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2009-3178 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-3178 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mhgr-f9r9-gf56 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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