Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Assigned by symantec
CVE-2026-15379Arbitrary File Read as SYSTEM in Symantec ITMS
Medium 5.1
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Symantec IT Management Suite from Broadcom. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Altiris WMI provider exposes a class (AltirisAgent_Stream) that allows any local standard user to read the contents of any file accessible to the SYSTEM account, bypassing filesystem ACLs. No admin privileges required. The provider reverts to the LocalSystem context when servicing WMI queries without re-impersonating the caller. Any local standard user can therefore read SYSTEM-readable files — including configuration files, service logs, and secrets stored with SYSTEM/Administrator-only ACLs — by querying the provider directly.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcom | Symantec IT Management Suite | before SMA_SMP_8_8_PF_v13 and SMA_SMP_8_8_1_PF_v5 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red