CVE-2006-3786 (GCVE-0-2006-3786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-21 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:39
VLAI
Summary
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 uses weak integrity protection for .cif (aka caller or CallerID) files, which allows local users to generate a custom .cif file and modify the superuser flag.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3 x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2006-07-18 00:00
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