CVE-2012-0290
Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) do not properly handle the client state after abnormal termination of a remote session, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the client by leveraging an "open client session."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0326)
- Published
- February 6, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0326 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris client management suite pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution
- symantec / altiris deployment solution remote pcanywhere solution
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
- symantec / pcanywhere
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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