CVE-1999-1028

Medium

Published: 28/05/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

3.45%

87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs

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

Attackers can disrupt service availability, leading to downtime and reduced system performance.

It is recommended to monitor traffic on port 5631 and restrict access to this port only to trusted sources.

Original NVD description (English source)

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