CVE-2022-32450 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in AnyDesk 7.0.9, allowing a local user to gain SYSTEM privileges. This is achieved through a symbolic link attack where the user can write to their %APPDATA% folder, which the product then accesses as SYSTEM when writing chat-room data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with high impact on integrity and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.