CVE-2012-0292

Exp

The awhost32 service in 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) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted TCP session on port 5631.

Published: 2012-03-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0292 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). 3 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-2012-0292

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18493 exploit_db edb 2012-02-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0292

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 2026-04-13 2.88% 2.15% -0.73%
2 2026-01-28 5.63% 2.88% -2.75%
3 2025-11-07 — 5.63% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0292

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec pcanywhere <= 12.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 11.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 12.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5.265 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.265:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere 12.5.539 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:12.5.539:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_client_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_client_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_climentent_manage_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_climentent_manage_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution_remote_pcanywhere_solution 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution_remote_pcanywhere_solution:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_it_management_suite_pcanywhere_solution:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0292

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