CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-0290

10.0 HIGH Published 2012-02-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-02-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

Affected configurations

• symantec pcanywhere (<= 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

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