CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-40854

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Oct 14, 2021 | Modified: Oct 20, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Anydesk Anydesk 3.1.0 (including) 6.2.6 (excluding)
Anydesk Anydesk 6.2.6 (excluding) 6.3.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References