CVE-2005-1590

Exp

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: 2005-05-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1590 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1590

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24754 exploit_db edb 2004-11-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1590

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.19% 0.15% -0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.15% 0.19% +0.04%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1590

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1590

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
altiris client_service 6.0.88 cpe:2.3:a:altiris:client_service:6.0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
altiris deployment_solution 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:altiris:deployment_solution:5.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
altiris deployment_solution 5.6.181 cpe:2.3:a:altiris:deployment_solution:5.6.181:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
altiris deployment_solution 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:altiris:deployment_solution:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1590

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