CVE-2021-40854

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
14/10/2021
Last modified:
20/10/2021

Description

AnyDesk before 6.2.6 and 6.3.x before 6.3.3 allows a local user to obtain administrator privileges by using the Open Chat Log feature to launch a privileged Notepad process that can launch other applications.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 3.1.0 (including) 6.2.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 6.2.6 (excluding) 6.3.2 (including)


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