CVE-2012-0292 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the awhost32 service of Symantec pcAnywhere and related Altiris solutions. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the daemon by sending a crafted TCP session to port 5631. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit module for pcAnywhere 12.5.0 build 463 exists on ExploitDB. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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