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GHSA-QXFJ-FJXW-GJJJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-11 06:30 – Updated: 2025-09-11 06:30

Details

The Altiris Core Agent Updater package (AeXNSC.exe) is prone to an elevation of privileges vulnerability through DLL hijacking.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

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CVE-2025-9059 (GCVE-0-2025-9059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-11 05:18 – Updated: 2025-09-11 14:42

Summary

The Altiris Core Agent Updater package (AeXNSC.exe) is prone to an elevation of privileges vulnerability through DLL hijacking.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

symantec

References

URL

Tags

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont…

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Broadcom	8.6.IT Management Suite	Affected: 8.6.x Affected: 8.7.x Affected: 8.8

Credits

Sandro Poppi

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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