CVE-2016-20094

AnyDesk 2.5.0 Unquoted Service Path Elevation of Privilege

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

19 Jun 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

AnyDesk 2.5.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service installation. Attackers can insert malicious executables in the system root path that execute with elevated privileges during application startup or system reboot.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Anydesk · AnyDesk

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40410unverified

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References

http://anydesk.com http://anydesk.com/download https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40410 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anydesk-unquoted-service-path-elevation-of-privilege