CVE-2000-0300

Symantec pcAnywhere 9.x - Weak Encryption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0300. PoCs published by Pascal Longpre.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates the weak encryption scheme in Symantec pcAnywhere, allowing decryption of sniffed passwords. It reverses the encryption algorithm to retrieve cleartext passwords from captured hex values.

Description

The default encryption method of PcAnywhere 9.x uses weak encryption, which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt PcAnywhere or NT domain accounts.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Pascal Longpre · clocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19836

This exploit demonstrates the weak encryption scheme in Symantec pcAnywhere, allowing decryption of sniffed passwords. It reverses the encryption algorithm to retrieve cleartext passwords from captured hex values.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Symantec pcAnywhere (default configuration)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to sniff pcAnywhere authentication traffic
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1093

Scores

EPSS 0.0589
EPSS Percentile 92.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
symantec/pcanywhere 9.0
Published Apr 06, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026