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Symantec pcAnywhere Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15673
Release Date: 2005-06-12
Last Update: 2005-06-15
Popularity: 8,375 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Symantec pcAnywhere 10.x
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.x
Symantec pcAnywhere 9.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in pcAnywhere, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a design error making it possible for a non-privileged, local user to gain SYSTEM privileges by manipulating the "Caller Properties" feature to run arbitrary commands when the system is restarted.

Successful exploitation requires that the program has been configured to run as a service ("Launch with Windows" setting enabled).

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