CVE-2011-3478
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 39.5%EU EUVD
The host-services component in Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), does not properly filter login and authentication data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted session on TCP port 5631.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 39.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3441)
- Published
- January 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3441 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/78532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51592
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-018/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38599/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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