CVE-2005-1590 — The Altiris Client Service for Windows (ACLIENT.EXE) 6.0.88 allows local users to disable password protection and access the administrative interface by finding and showing the "Altiris Client Service" hidden window, disabling the password protection, disabling the "Hide client tray icon box" option, then opening the AClient tray icon and using the View Log File option, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2070

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The Altiris Client Service for Windows (ACLIENT.EXE) 6.0.88 allows local users to disable password protection and access the administrative interface by finding and showing the "Altiris Client Service" hidden window, disabling the password protection, disabling the "Hide client tray icon box" option, then opening the AClient tray icon and using the View Log File option, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2070

Published May 16, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.92%

Description

The Altiris Client Service for Windows (ACLIENT.EXE) 6.0.88 allows local users to disable password protection and access the administrative interface by finding and showing the "Altiris Client Service" hidden window, disabling the password protection, disabling the "Hide client tray icon box" option, then opening the AClient tray icon and using the View Log File option, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2070.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.92% 0.00923

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00923

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.92% (0.00923)	58.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.92% (0.00923)	55.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.18% (0.00183)	37.87th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-04/0614.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15159
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/15897
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploitVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-04/0614.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15159		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/15897		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploitVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 16, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 16, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1590

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1590

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1590