CVE-2016-20094

HIGH 7.8CVE-2016-20094 · Published 19/06/2026 · updated 06/10/2026

In short

CVE-2016-20094 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting anydesk (anydesk).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.20%, higher than 9.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
anydesk anydesk	`= 2.5.0`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

anydesk.com · Product
anydesk.com/download · Product
exploit-db.com/exploits/40410 · Exploit
vulncheck.com/advisories/anydesk-unquoted-service-path-elevation-of-privilege · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

anydesk

= 2.5.0

No fix yet

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