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CVE-2009-0538

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a remote control file (aka .CHF file)..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.6/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -