HIGH
axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 generates credentials with a fixed salt or without any salt, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess encrypted domain credentials
Published May 18, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.19%
Description
axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 generates credentials with a fixed salt or without any salt, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess encrypted domain credentials.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≥ 6.9 · < 6.9.176
- 6.8
- 6.8
- 6.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.19% 0.04193
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04193
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.19% (0.04193) | 90.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.19% (0.04193) | 89.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.37% (0.02365) | 83.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.72% (0.00724) | 81.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00605) | 78.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00559) | 77.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00745) | 80.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00745) | 78.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 0.96% (0.00956) | 80.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.68% (0.00675) | 76.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30261 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080516.2.htm x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492128/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492228/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29199 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020024 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-025/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42437 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30261 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080516.2.htm | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492128/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492228/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29199 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020024 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-025/ | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42437 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 18, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 18, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2291
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a