CVE-2011-3479

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-01-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-3479 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-3479

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18823 exploit_db edb 2012-05-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3479

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 2026-05-14 0.50% 0.28% -0.22%
2 2026-03-01 0.64% 0.50% -0.14%
3 2025-09-25 — 0.64% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3479

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.1 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3479

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3479

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5.539 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.539:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.6.65 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.6.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.6.65 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.6.65:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.6.7580 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.6.7580:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3479

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