Anydesk
CVE-2023-26509
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could cause denial of service by exhausting system resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
AnyDesk 7.0.8 allows remote Denial of Service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Affected products include: Anydesk.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
AnyDesk 7.0.8 allows remote Denial of Service.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
AnyDesk before 5.5.3 on Linux and FreeBSD has a format string vulnerability that can be exploited for remote code execut
Remote code execution in AnyDesk before 8.0.3 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on Linu
AnyDesk 2.5.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYS
Local privilege escalation in AnyDesk 5.4.0 on Windows allows an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to plant a malic
AnyDesk 7.0.9 allows a local user to gain SYSTEM privileges via a symbolic link because the user can write to their own
AnyDesk before 3.6.1 on Windows has a DLL injection vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerabilit
AnyDesk before 6.2.6 and 6.3.x before 6.3.3 allows a local user to obtain administrator privileges by using the Open Cha
AnyDesk for macOS versions 6.0.2 and older have a vulnerability in the XPC interface that does not properly validate cli
AnyDesk before "12.06.2018 - 4.1.3" on Windows 7 SP1 has a DLL preloading vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8),
Denial-of-service in AnyDesk allows a local attacker with low-privileged code execution to crash or destabilize the appl
AnyDesk's 'Send Support Information' feature is exploitable by local low-privileged attackers via a Windows junction (di
AnyDesk Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low
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