TeamViewer Clients Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability allowing local privilege escalation has been identified in the TeamViewer service component of TeamViewer Full Client and Host for Windows, prior to version 15.62. This issue arises from improper neutralization of argument delimiters, which allows an attacker with local unprivileged access to inject arguments and elevate privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for unauthorized privilege escalation on the affected Windows system.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to TeamViewer version 15.62 or the latest available version.

Added: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
9.0
impact
10.0
exploitability
3.3
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.0
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

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