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.
CVE-2016-20094
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(high)
- EPSS
- 7.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 19, 2026
Last Modified
June 26, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026AnyDesk 2.5.0 Unquoted Service Path Elevation of Privilege | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anydesk-unquoted-service-path-elevation-of-privilegeAnyDesk 2.5.0 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation - Windows local Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40410Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-20094(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 34× in last 7d / 89× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-07 03:27 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-22 19:38 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 8.5
- 2026-06-22 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
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