VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-15261
CVSS score8 HIGH
EPSS probability11.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-10-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
On Windows the Veyon Service before version 4.4.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability, allowing locally authenticated users with administrative privileges to run malicious executables with LocalSystem privileges. Since Veyon users (both students and teachers) usually don't have administrative privileges, this vulnerability is only dangerous in anyway unsafe setups. The problem has been fixed in version 4.4.2. As a workaround, the exploitation of the vulnerability can be prevented by revoking administrative privileges from all potentially untrustworthy users.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-428
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry