CVE-2011-3479 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere versions 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 and 7.1. The flaw stems from world-writable permissions on product installation files, allowing a local, authenticated attacker to modify these files and gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, indicating significant potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5.539CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.539:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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