Intrusion PreventionSymantec.pcAnywhere.Authentication.Request.Handling.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a Denial of Service vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the awhost32 service handles malformed packets. It allows a remote attacker to view arbitrary file via sending a crafted packet to port 5631.
Affected Products
Symantec Remote pcAnywhere Solution 12.6
Symantec Remote pcAnywhere Solution 12.5
Symantec pcAnywhere Solution 12.6
Symantec pcAnywhere Solution 12.5
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5.1
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.0.1
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.0
Symantec pcAnywhere 10.5
Symantec pcAnywhere 10.0
Symantec pcAnywhere 9.2
Symantec pcAnywhere 9.0.1
Symantec pcAnywhere 9.0
Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0.2
Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0.1
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 SP3
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 SP2
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 SP1
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.1
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.0
Impact
System Compromise: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Refer to the vendor's web site for suggested workaround.
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120301_00
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 32099 |
| Created | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Updated | Mar 04, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2012-0292 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 10.7% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |