CVE-2006-3784 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5. The flaw stems from weak default permissions on the "Symantec\pcAnywhere\Hosts" folder, allowing local users to insert a malicious .cif file and log in as a local administrator. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, requiring local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.