CVE-2011-3478

critical

Published 2012-01-25 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The host-services component in 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), does not properly filter login and authentication data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted session on TCP port 5631.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38599 remote windows_x86 verified

Tomislav Paskalev · 2015-11-02

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.0 (Windows x86) - Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-19407 remote windows verified

S2 Crew · 2012-06-27

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.0 - 'Login' / 'Password' Remote Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	pcanywhere	`12.5`
symantec	pcanywhere	`12.5.539`
symantec	pcanywhere	`12.6.65`
symantec	pcanywhere	`12.6.7580`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.