CVE-2005-1970

Symantec pcAnywhere 10.5x and 11.x before 11.5, with "Launch with Windows" enabled, allows local users with physical access to execute arbitrary commands via the Caller Properties feature.

Published: 2005-06-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1970 is rated Low Risk (39.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1970

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2023-03-07 1.02% 0.08% -0.94%
2 2022-02-04 1.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1970

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1970

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1970

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec pcanywhere 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1970

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