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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://anydesk.com/cve/2021-40854/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2021-10-14T04:16:09
Updated: 2021-10-14T04:16:09
Reserved: 2021-09-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-40854
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-10-14T05:15:07.643
Modified: 2021-10-20T18:46:16.130
Link: CVE-2021-40854
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE