4.6

CVE-2009-0538: symantec pcanywhere

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
Published 18-03-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0538 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in symantec pcanywhere. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-03-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a remote control file (aka .CHF file).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Symantec1 product
  • pcanywhere≤ 12.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.0.1 | 11.5 | 11.5.1 | 12.0 | 12.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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