TeamViewer DEX
CVE-2025-64991
HIGH
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain Actioner-privileged DEX account
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DeliveryCraft malicious 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction
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ExploitInject commands via improper input validation
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ExecutionPlatform distributes to connected devices
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ImpactExecute elevated commands on endpoints
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated account holding Actioner privileges within TeamViewer DEX (former 1E DEX) and the ability to submit the 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction, which fails to properly validate input before building commands. It applies to versions prior to V15 of that instruction. Limiting factors: the attacker must already possess the privileged Actioner role (PR:H), so this is not exploitable by anonymous or low-privileged users; there is no public exploit and no evidence of active exploitation, and the elevated-command execution is confined to devices actually enrolled/connected to the DEX platform. |
| Impact | This is a legitimate but privilege-gated risk rather than a drop-everything emergency. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, 7.2 High) is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, low complexity, no user interaction, but requiring high privileges (the description names 'Actioner privileges', which maps cleanly to PR:H). Full C/I/A compromise is credible because the flaw yields remote execution of elevated commands on managed endpoints. The EPSS score is low (0.87%, 58th percentile), and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public POC, so no public exploit identified at time of analysis - the signals are coherent (high technical impact but meaningful access barrier and no evidence of active exploitation). The main caveat: 'elevated commands on devices connected to the platform' implies the DEX actioner acts as a trusted command-distribution channel, so a compromised or malicious Actioner account effectively turns into endpoint-wide code execution (scope is scored S:U, but the real-world blast radius spans every connected device - defenders should weigh that even though CVSS keeps scope unchanged). No conflicting data was found; the vendor CVSS and description agree. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds (or has compromised) a TeamViewer DEX account with Actioner privileges crafts a malicious 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction whose input is not properly validated. The injected commands are then distributed and executed with elevated rights on the endpoints connected to the platform, giving the attacker fleet-wide code execution. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires the privileged Actioner role. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
Command injection in TeamViewer DEX (formerly 1E DEX) lets an authenticated user with Actioner privileges run arbitrary elevated commands on managed devices by submitting crafted input to the 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction prior to V15. The issue is rooted in improper input validation (CWE-20) and carries a CVSS 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), so exploitation is privilege-gated. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV absent); EPSS is 0.87% (58th percentile).
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade the 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction to V15 or later as directed in TeamViewer security bulletin TV-2025-1006 (https://www.teamviewer.com/en/resources/trust-center/security-bulletins/tv-2025-1006/). Because exploitation requires an authenticated account with Actioner privileges, prioritize updating the DEX instruction and reviewing who holds Actioner rights; remove or tightly restrict those privileges for users who do not need patch deployment duties, with the trade-off that legitimate patch operations will be blocked for those removed. Audit DEX/1E logs for unexpected 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy submissions or command activity from Actioner accounts; log review may not prevent an attack but can detect misuse. If immediate upgrade is not possible, temporarily disable or limit use of the 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction and restrict network/API access to DEX administration to trusted administrators, accepting reduced patch automation as the operational cost.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
TeamViewer DEX, formerly 1E DEX, is an endpoint management and digital employee experience platform that executes instructions and actions on enrolled devices. The 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction builds deployment commands, and prior to V15 it fails to properly validate or neutralize user-supplied input, allowing command injection. The root cause class is CWE-20, improper input validation, which in this context enables an attacker to break out of intended command construction and execute arbitrary elevated commands. The NVD CPE cpe:2.3:a:teamviewer:digital_employee_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* maps the affected product as TeamViewer Digital Employee Experience. The assessed CVSS vector shows a network-reachable, low-complexity issue requiring high privileges (Actioner role), no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact; exploitation is confined to devices actually enrolled or connected to the DEX platform.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered via the platform (AV:N) with no special timing (AC:L), but requires the privileged Actioner role (PR:H) and no victim interaction; command injection yields full C/I/A on endpoints.
Primary rating from NVD.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A command injection vulnerability was discovered in TeamViewer DEX (former 1E DEX), specifically within the 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy instruction prior V15. Improper input validation, allowing authenticated attackers with Actioner privileges to inject arbitrary commands. Exploitation enables remote execution of elevated commands on devices connected to the platform.
Executive ViewAI
TeamViewer DEX (formerly 1E DEX) contains a high-severity command injection flaw that could let an authenticated user with Actioner privileges run elevated commands across managed devices in affected versions prior to V15. This could enable unauthorized changes, data exposure, and broad endpoint compromise for organizations relying on affected deployments. Leadership should care because the issue is privilege-gated but high impact, and no vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; restrict or remove Actioner privileges, enforce least privilege and strong authentication, monitor and alert on 1E-PatchInsights-Deploy usage and elevated command execution, segment management infrastructure, and audit managed device logs.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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