CVE-2000-0324

Symantec pcAnywhere 8.x and 9.0 - Denial of Service via TCP SYN Scan

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0324. PoCs published by Vacuum.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a DoS vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere where a TCP SYN or connect scan causes the application to crash. The provided command uses nmap to perform such a scan.

Description

pcAnywhere 8.x and 9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP SYN scan, e.g. by nmap.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb SCANNER VERIFIED
by Vacuum · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19880

The exploit describes a DoS vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere where a TCP SYN or connect scan causes the application to crash. The provided command uses nmap to perform such a scan.

Classification
Scanner 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Symantec pcAnywhere
No auth needed
Prerequisites: nmap installed · network access to target
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1150
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0258.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/1301
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0201.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/4347.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0379
EPSS Percentile 88.7%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
symantec/pcanywhere 8.0.1
symantec/pcanywhere 8.0.2
symantec/pcanywhere 9.0
symantec/pcanywhere 9.2
Published Apr 25, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026