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CVE-2020-13160

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13160 is a critical format string vulnerability affecting AnyDesk versions prior to 5.5.3 on Linux and FreeBSD, allowing for remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
80.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: AnyDesk GUI Format String Write · Jun 16, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-49613 · Mar 3, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8055 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/158291/AnyDesk-GUI-Format-String-Write.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/161628/AnyDesk-5.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
devel0pment.de
ExploitThird Party Advisory
download.anydesk.com / changelog.txt
Release NotesVendor Advisory