AnyDesk 9.0.1 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-428.
Summary
AnyDesk 7.0.15 and 9.0.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with elevated SYSTEM privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted service path configuration to inject malicious executables that will be run with high-level system permissions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-34499
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4wh5-g47w-7vfc
References
More AnyDesk vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-71010 Heap-based buffer overflow in AnyDesk allows remote code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-34499 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-34499 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4wh5-g47w-7vfc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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