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FKIE_CVE-2009-0538

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-03-18 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:05

Severity

Summary

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).

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://osvdb.org/52797
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/34305
cve@mitre.org	http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855
cve@mitre.org	http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845
cve@mitre.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/52797
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/34305
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
symantec	pcanywhere	*
symantec	pcanywhere	10.0
symantec	pcanywhere	10.5
symantec	pcanywhere	11.0
symantec	pcanywhere	11.0.1
symantec	pcanywhere	11.5
symantec	pcanywhere	11.5.1
symantec	pcanywhere	12.0
symantec	pcanywhere	12.1

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CVE-2009-0538 (GCVE-0-2009-0538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-18 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:40

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/sec…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/34305	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/52797	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2009-03-17 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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