CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-3784
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-07-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 uses weak default permissions for the "Symantec\pcAnywhere\Hosts" folder, which allows local users to gain privileges by inserting a superuser .cif (aka caller or CallerID) file into the folder, and then using a pcAnywhere client to login as a local administrator.
Affected configurations
• symantec pcanywhere 12.5
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21113 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261 securityreason.com
- http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3 www.digitalbullets.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2874 www.vupen.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21113 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261 securityreason.com
- http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3 www.digitalbullets.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2874 www.vupen.com