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.
Published: 2021-10-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-28010 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:07.507Z

Reserved: 2021-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40854

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-14T05:15:07.643

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:56.240

Link: CVE-2021-40854

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Weaknesses