CVE-2012-0291: Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via (1) malformed data from a client, (2) malformed data from a server, or (3) an invalid response.

Affected products

• Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution: version 7.0 only
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Remote Pcanywhere Solution: version 7.1 only
• Symantec Altiris It Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution: version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only
• Symantec Pcanywhere: up to and including 12.5; version 10.0 only; version 10.5 only; version 11.0 only; version 11.0.1 only; version 11.5 only; …

Published 2012-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.