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Symantec pcAnywhere Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10222
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Release Date:
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2003-11-14
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Popularity:
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8,083 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Symantec pcAnywhere 10.x
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Symantec pcAnywhere allowing malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.
The vulnerability is a variant of a Windows vulnerability, which previously has been fixed by Microsoft:
SA10066
The problem is that when Symantec pcAnywhere runs in "service-mode", local users can interact with the AWHOST32 process through the icon in the system tray. pcAnywhere runs with System privileges.
Change Page:
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