CVE-1999-1028 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0, where sending a large volume of data to port 5631 can cause high CPU utilization. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without authentication, leading to partial availability impact. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit for this vulnerability is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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