Symantec pcAnywhere up to 12.5.539 awhost32 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Symantec pcAnywhere. This affects an unknown part of the component awhost32. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0292. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec pcAnywhere. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component awhost32. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The awhost32 service in Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted TCP session on port 5631.

The weakness was disclosed 03/07/2012 by Johnathan Norman with Norman as SYM12-003 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0292 since 01/04/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Johnathan Norman in Python and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58204 (Symantec pcAnywhere awhost32 Denial of Service (SYM12-003)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120009 (Symantec pcAnywhere awhost32 Denial of Service Vulnerability (SYM12-003)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling tcp/5631. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (18493), Tenable (58204), SecurityFocus (BID 52094†), OSVDB (79412†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34707†). The entries VDB-4578 and VDB-4670 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Johnathan Norman
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Nessus ID: 58204
Nessus Name: Symantec pcAnywhere awhost32 Denial of Service (SYM12-003)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/23/2015 +1096 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: SYM12-003
Researcher: Johnathan Norman
Organization: Norman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0292 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0292
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60392
SecurityFocus: 52094 - Symantec pcAnywhere Authentication Request Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 48092
OSVDB: 79412
Vulnerability Center: 34707 - Symantec pcAnywhere Through 12.5.3 and Altiris Products Remote DoS Vulnerability via TCP Port 5631, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 07/16/2025 17:45
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/07/2017 18:10 (18), 11/30/2021 14:11 (4), 11/30/2021 14:15 (1), 07/16/2025 17:45 (14)
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