EIP-2026-117979

PRE-CVE

Symantec Altiris Client Service 6.8.378 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-117979. PoCs published by Alex Hernandez.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Client Service by manipulating window messages to spawn a command prompt with elevated privileges. It leverages the WM_COMMANDHELP message to trigger the vulnerability, similar to the MS04-019 exploit.

Description

Symantec Altiris Client Service 6.8.378 - Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Alex Hernandez · clocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5625

This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Client Service by manipulating window messages to spawn a command prompt with elevated privileges. It leverages the WM_COMMANDHELP message to trigger the vulnerability, similar to the MS04-019 exploit.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Symantec Altiris Client Service (versions 6.5.248, 6.5.299, 6.8.378)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Altiris Client Service running
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026