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CVE-2006-3786

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 uses weak integrity protection for .cif (aka caller or CallerID) files, which allows local users to generate a custom .cif file and modify the superuser flag.

Affected products

• Symantec Pcanywhere: 12.5

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016534
• http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016534
• http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded

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