Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-40854

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: Oct 14, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-40854
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
anydesk / anydesk 6.2.6.x 6.3.2.x
anydesk / anydesk 3.1.0 6.2.6