CVE-2009-3033
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 40.0%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the RunCmd method in the Altiris eXpress NS Console Utilities ActiveX control in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in the web console in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Altiris Notification Server 6.0.x, and Management Platform 7.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 40.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3017)
- Published
- November 25, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3017 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution
- symantec / altiris management platform
- symantec / altiris management platform
- symantec / altiris notification server
- symantec / altiris notification server
- symantec / altiris notification server
- symantec / altiris notification server
- symantec / altiris notification server
- symantec / altiris notification server
References
- http://osvdb.org/60496
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37092(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091124_00
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3328(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54415
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50072&p=1
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50279&p=1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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