The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden GUI button to (1) overwrite the CommandLine parameter to cmd.exe to use SYSTEM privileges and (2) modify the DLL that is loaded using the LoadLibrary API function.

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 stores the Application Identity Account password in memory in cleartext, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify clients of the Deployment Solution Server.

axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 generates credentials with a fixed salt or without any salt, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess encrypted domain credentials.

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.

The Altiris Client Service (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x before 6.9.164 allows local users to gain privileges via a "Shatter" style attack.