CVE-2012-0290
Description
Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) do not properly handle the client state after abnormal termination of a remote session, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the client by leveraging an "open client session."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| symantec | pcanywhere | {"endIncluding":"12.5.3"} | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 5.0 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 8.0 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 9.2 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 10.5 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 11.5 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 11.5.1 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 12.1 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 12.5 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 12.5.265 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 12.5.539 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 12.6.65 | |
| symantec | pcanywhere | 12.6.7580 | |
| symantec | altiris_client_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution | 12.5 | |
| symantec | altiris_client_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution | 12.6 | |
| symantec | altiris_deployment_solution_remote_pcanywhere_solution | 12.5 | |
| symantec | altiris_deployment_solution_remote_pcanywhere_solution | 12.6 | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51862
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51862
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72996
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.