CVE-1999-1028

Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 - Denial of Service via Port 5631

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-1028. PoCs published by Chris Radigan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in PCAnywhere32. The attack involves sending a large amount of data to TCP port 5631, causing the server to hang at 100% CPU utilization.

Description

Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a large amount of data to port 5631.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Chris Radigan · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19230

This is a writeup describing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in PCAnywhere32. The attack involves sending a large amount of data to TCP port 5631, causing the server to hang at 100% CPU utilization.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PCAnywhere32
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to TCP port 5631 on the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/288
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_ntbugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92807524225090&w=2
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/2256.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0345
EPSS Percentile 87.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
symantec/pcanywhere 8.0
Published May 28, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026