CVE-2011-3479: Symantec Pcanywhere

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), uses world-writable permissions for product-installation files, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying a file.

Affected products

• Symantec Pcanywhere: version 12.5 only; version 12.5.539 only; version 12.6.65 only; version 12.6.7580 only

Published 2012-01-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.