VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-44426

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in AnyDesk before 6.2.6 and 6.3.x before 6.3.5. An upload of an arbitrary file to a victim's local ~/Downloads/ directory is possible if the victim is using the AnyDesk Windows client to connect to a remote machine, if an attacker is also connected remotely with AnyDesk to the same remote machine. The upload is done without any approval or action taken by the victim.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-434

Primary references