CVE-2009-0538

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.38% (32nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a remote control file (aka .CHF file).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USprimary

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
symantec pcanywhere≤ 12.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 11.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 11.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 11.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec pcanywhere= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-03-18modified 2026-06-16

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references (18)

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