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CVE-2005-1590

The Altiris Client Service for Windows (ACLIENT.EXE) 6.0.88 allows local users to disable password protection and access

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00147
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Affected Products & Versions

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altiris client serviceall versions
altiris deployment solutionall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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localAltiris Deployment Solution 5.6 - Client Service Privilege Escalationverified
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0614.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
pocwww.osvdb.org · 15897www.osvdb.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD16 May 2005 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/15159Vendor Advisory
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