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CVE-2021-40854

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2021-10-14 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Anydesk Anydesk

Weakness Type

CWE-269

References