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Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a large amount of data to port 5631.
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Metrics
| Metrics | Score | Severity | CVSS Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2 | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | nvd@nist.gov |
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Exploit information
Exploit Database EDB-ID : 19230
Publication date : 1999-05-10 22h00 +00:00
Author : Chris Radigan
EDB Verified : Yes
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/288/info
Servers running PCAnywhere32 with TCP/IP networking are subject to a Denial of Service attack that will hang the server at 100% CPU utilization. A malicious user may initiate this DoS by connecting to tcp port 5631 on the PCAnywhere server input a large amount of data when prompted with "Please press <Enter>".
Connect to tcp 5631. At the Please press <Enter> prompt, transfer a large amount of data to the PCAnywhere server. This will peg the CPU utilization at 100%.
Products Mentioned
Configuraton 0
Symantec>>Pcanywhere >> Version 8.0
- Symantec>>Pcanywhere >> Version 8.0 (Open CPE detail)
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