CVE-2006-3785

Published Jul 24, 2006

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 obfuscates the passwords in a GUI textbox with asterisks but does not encrypt them in the associated .cif (aka caller or CallerID) file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords from the window using tools such as Nirsoft Asterwin.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "067CAB0F-D513-4A70-B6C6-06EE290A2F6F"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References