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).
Affected products
- Symantec / pcanywhere12.5
- Symantec / pcanywhere10.0 – 10.0
- Symantec / pcanywhere10.5 – 10.5
- Symantec / pcanywhere11.0 – 11.0
- Symantec / pcanywhere11.0.1 – 11.0.1
- Symantec / pcanywhere11.5 – 11.5
- Symantec / pcanywhere11.5.1 – 11.5.1
- Symantec / pcanywhere12.0 – 12.0
- Symantec / pcanywhere12.1 – 12.1
References
- MISChttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34305
- MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1021855
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291
- MISChttp://osvdb.org/52797
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded
- MISChttp://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html