CVE-2008-1754

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution before 6.9.164 stores the Deployment Solution Agent (aka AClient) password in cleartext in memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping the AClient.exe process memory.

Published: 2008-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1754 is rated Low Risk (14.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1754

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.04%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1754

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.1 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1754

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1754

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec altiris_deployment_solution <= 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.8.380 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.8.380:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1754

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