CVE-2009-0538

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2009-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

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).

Affected products

Symantec Pcanywhere: through 12.5; 10.0, 10.5, 11.0, 11.0.1, 11.5, 11.5.1 (+2)

References

http://osvdb.org/52797
http://secunia.com/advisories/34305
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855
http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291
http://osvdb.org/52797
http://secunia.com/advisories/34305
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html

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