CVE-2011-3479 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), uses world-writable permissions for product-installation files, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying a file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Symantec Subscribe	Pcanywhere Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.539:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.6.65:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.6.65:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.6.7580:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-3442	Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), uses world-writable permissions for product-installation files, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying a file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/48092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51593
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-01-25T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:37:47.661Z

Reserved: 2011-09-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3479

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-01-25T15:55:01.050

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3479

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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