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CVE-2012-0290

N/A

Published: February 6, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorPcanywhereAltiris Deployment Solution Remote Pcanywhere SolutionAltiris Client Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

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."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Altiris Client Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution · Symantec

95%

12.5 12.5 sp1 12.5 sp2 12.6 12.6 sp1 12.6 sp2

Altiris Deployment Solution Remote Pcanywhere Solution · Symantec

95%

12.5 12.5 sp1 12.5 sp2 12.6 12.6 sp1 12.6 sp2

Pcanywhere · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 12.5.310.5 11.5 11.5.1 12.1 12.5 12.5 sp1 12.5 sp2 12.5 sp3 12.5.265 12.5.539 12.6.65 12.6.7580 5.0 8.0 9.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00

References (4)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/48092

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51862

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72996

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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