CVE-2006-3785: Symantec Pcanywhere

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 obfuscates the passwords in a GUI textbox with asterisks but does not encrypt them in the associated .cif (aka caller or CallerID) file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords from the window using tools such as Nirsoft Asterwin.

Affected products

• Symantec Pcanywhere: version 12.5 only

Published 2006-07-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.