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Pcanywhere vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product27 versions
The short answer

Pcanywhere is made by Symantec. We track 18 published vulnerabilities in it, across 27 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Pcanywhere, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Pcanywhere vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Pcanywhere's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Pcanywhere flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 40%
    CVE-2011-3478Critical

    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,...

    CVSS10.0Published25 Jan 2012
  2. 9.5%
    CVE-2005-3934High

    Buffer overflow in Symantec pcAnywhere 11.0.1, 11.5.1, and all other 32-bit versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown attack vectors.

    CVSS7.8Published1 Dec 2005
  3. 7.1%
    CVE-2012-0292Medium

    The awhost32 service in 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)...

    CVSS5.0Published8 Mar 2012
  4. 5.9%
    CVE-2000-0300Critical

    The default encryption method of PcAnywhere 9.x uses weak encryption, which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt PcAnywhere or NT domain accounts.

    CVSS10.0Published6 Apr 2000
  5. 3.8%
    CVE-2000-0324Medium

    pcAnywhere 8.x and 9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP SYN scan, e.g.

    CVSS5.0Published25 Apr 2000
  6. 3.4%
    CVE-1999-1028Medium

    Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a large amount of data to port 5631.

    CVSS5.0Published28 May 1999
  7. 2.3%
    CVE-2012-0290Critical

    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),...

    CVSS10.0Published6 Feb 2012
  8. 2.3%
    CVE-2012-0291Medium

    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),...

    CVSS5.0Published22 Feb 2012
  9. 1.4%
    CVE-2000-0273Medium

    PCAnywhere allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by terminating the connection before PCAnywhere provides a login prompt.

    CVSS5.0Published9 Apr 2000
  10. 1.3%
    CVE-2006-4855Medium

    The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0,...

    CVSS4.9Published19 Sep 2006
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We track 18 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Pcanywhere, across 27 versions.

None of Pcanywhere's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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