CVE-2006-3785

medium

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded

http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-24

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00079