CVE-2006-3785 Information

Description

Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 obfuscates the passwords in a GUI textbox with asterisks but does not encrypt them in the associated .cif (aka caller or CallerID) file which allows local users to obtain the passwords from the window using tools such as Nirsoft Asterwin.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261 http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded