PT-2025-37114 · Symantec · Altiris Core Agent Updater

Sandro Poppi · Published 2025-09-11 · Updated 2025-09-11 · CVE-2025-9059

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Altiris Core Agent Updater (affected versions not specified)

Description: The Altiris Core Agent Updater package (AeXNSC.exe) is susceptible to an elevation of privileges issue due to DLL hijacking.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-9059

Affected Products

Altiris Core Agent Updater

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9059 · Security Note
• https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36132 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1966012107389825285 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1966013848311201964 · Twitter Post