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TI-2020-18009 Aliases CVE-2020-35483GHSA-xv56-v69h-6cw4

AnyDesk before 6.1.0 on Windows, when run in portable mode on a system where the attacker…

Priority LOW 35CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

AnyDesk before 6.1.0 on Windows, when run in portable mode on a system where the attacker has write access to the application directory, allows this attacker to compromise a local user account via a read-only setting for a Trojan horse gcapi.dll file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00473 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*5.4.2 to before 6.1.0VulnerableAnyDesk
  • cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions 5.4.2 to before 6.1.0 Vulnerable ·AnyDesk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35483
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xv56-v69h-6cw4

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-10342 AnyDesk before 5.5.3 on Linux and FreeBSD has a format string vulnerability that can be… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-20641 An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.5, AnyDesk for macOS before… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-20640 An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.6 and AnyDesk for Android… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-15315 AnyDesk 5.4.0 - Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2016-09270 AnyDesk 2.5.0 Unquoted Service Path Elevation of Privilege CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2017-10504 AnyDesk before 3.6.1 on Windows has a DLL injection vulnerability. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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