CVE-2012-0290 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2012-0290

Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution...

10 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) do not properly handle the client state after abnormal termination of a remote session, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the client by leveraging an "open client session."

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

symantec

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Affected Software

pcanywhere, altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution, altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution

Vulnerable Versions:

0, 5.0, 8.0, 9.2, 10.5, 11.5, 11.5.1, 12.1, 12.5, 12.5.265, 12.5.539, 12.6.65, 12.6.7580, 12.6

Timeline

Official Publish: February 6th, 2012

Last Modified: August 6th, 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.