THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-1999-1028
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-1999-1028

Pcanywhere vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a large amount of data to port 5631.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Pcanywhere
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
1999-05-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-1999-1028

  • Confirm whether Symantec Pcanywhere is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-1999-1028.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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