CVE-2009-0538

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Mar 18, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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