CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-3785
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-07-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 obfuscates the passwords in a GUI textbox with asterisks but does not encrypt them in the associated .cif (aka caller or CallerID) file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords from the window using tools such as Nirsoft Asterwin.
Affected configurations
• symantec pcanywhere 12.5
References
- 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://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