CVE-2009-0538

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-18 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 10.0 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 10.5 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 11.0 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 11.0.1 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 11.5 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 11.5.1 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 12.0 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere 12.1 All All All
Application Symantec Pcanywhere All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec pcAnywhere Format String Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Symantec Security Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityresponse.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 - Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.layereddefense.com Vendor Advisory
Symantec pcAnywhere Format String Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/52797 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Symantec pcAnywhere Local Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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