CVE-2009-0538
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0542)
- Published
- March 18, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0542 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
References
- http://osvdb.org/52797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34305
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855
- http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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