Privilege escalation vulnerability in AnyDesk - CVE-2021-40854ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:76190 | Date: (C)2021-11-23 (M)2021-11-23 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with AnyDesk 3.1.0 before 6.2.6 or 6.2.7 through 6.3.2 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle a Open Chat Log feature. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to obtain administrator privileges by using the Open Chat Log feature to launch a privileged Notepad process that can launch other applications.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |