CVE-2021-40854

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.118

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-40854,CVE-2021-44425,CVE-2021-44426 are affected in AnyDesk 6.1.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-40854,CVE-2021-44425,CVE-2021-44426 are affected in AnyDesk For Windows 6.1.0	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234