CVE-2006-3786

medium

Description

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 uses weak integrity protection for .cif (aka caller or CallerID) files, which allows local users to generate a custom .cif file and modify the superuser flag.

References

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

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016534

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-24

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00096