VDB-15433 · CVE-2000-0273 · XFDB 4241

Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0/9.0 Login Reset denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0/9.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Login Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (Reset). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

PCAnywhere allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by terminating the connection before PCAnywhere provides a login prompt.

The weakness was presented 04/09/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0273. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4241). See 15429 for similar entry.

Productinfo

Vendor

Symantec

Name

pcAnywhere

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reset
Class: Denial of service / Reset
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/09/2000 🔍
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04/10/2000 +1 days 🔍
02/17/2005 +1774 days 🔍
06/24/2014 +3414 days 🔍
10/08/2020 +2298 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list by Frankie Zie on 9 Apr 2000.
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0273 (🔍)
X-Force: 4241
Vulnerability Center: 7113 - DoS in Symantec PCAnywhere via Connection Termination Prior to Login Prompt, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1095 - PCAnywhere Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 11:01
Updated: 10/08/2020 17:43
Changes: 06/24/2014 11:01 (54), 04/07/2017 17:58 (6), 10/08/2020 17:43 (1)
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