{"id":"CVE-2009-0538","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application cras","description":"Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a remote control file (aka .CHF file).","publishedAt":"2009-03-18T15:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T04:40:05.050Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845","http://secunia.com/advisories/34305","http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291","http://osvdb.org/52797","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded","http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:39:11.205Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2009/0xxx/CVE-2009-0538.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2009-0538","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2009-03-18T15:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T04:40:05.050Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2009-02-12T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a remote control file (aka .CHF file)."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845","name":"33845","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34305","name":"34305","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855","name":"1021855","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291","name":"symantec-pcanywhere-unspecified-dos(49291)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/52797","name":"52797","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755","name":"ADV-2009-0755","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded","name":"20090318 Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerablity in Symantec PcAnywhere v10-12.5","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2018-10-11T19:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2009-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2009-0538","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a remote control file (aka .CHF file)."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html"},{"name":"33845","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845"},{"name":"34305","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34305"},{"name":"1021855","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855"},{"name":"symantec-pcanywhere-unspecified-dos(49291)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291"},{"name":"52797","refsource":"OSVDB","url":"http://osvdb.org/52797"},{"name":"ADV-2009-0755","refsource":"VUPEN","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755"},{"name":"20090318 Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerablity in Symantec PcAnywhere v10-12.5","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html","refsource":"MISC","url":"http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33845","name":"33845","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34305","name":"34305","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1021855","name":"1021855","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49291","name":"symantec-pcanywhere-unspecified-dos(49291)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/52797","name":"52797","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0755","name":"ADV-2009-0755","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501930/100/0/threaded","name":"20090318 Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerablity in Symantec PcAnywhere v10-12.5","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T04:40:05.050Z"}}]}}}