CVE-2009-0538 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0538

Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows...

Vulnerability 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).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pcanywhere
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.0, 10.5, 11.0, 11.0.1, 11.5, 11.5.1, 12.0, 12.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 18th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.