7.1
HIGH
CVE-2024-1933
TeamViewer Symlink Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Insecure UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TeamViewer Remote Client prior Version 15.52 for macOS allows an attacker with unprivileged access, to potentially elevate privileges or conduct a denial-of-service-attack by overwriting the symlink.

INFO

Published Date :

March 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 26, 2024, 5:09 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-1933 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-1933.

URL Resource
https://www.teamviewer.com/de/resources/trust-center/security-bulletins/tv-2024-1002/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-1933 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
PoC Exploit Releases for Critical Symlink Flaw in Apple’s iOS – CVE-2024-44258

In a recent analysis, cybersecurity researchers Hichem Maloufi and Christian Mina detailed CVE-2024-44258, a symlink vulnerability affecting Apple’s ManagedConfiguration framework and the profiled dae ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 06, 2024 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
TeamViewer Urges Users to Patch Privilege Escalation Flaws (CVE-2024-7479 and CVE-2024-7481)

In a recently disclosed security bulletin, TeamViewer has highlighted two critical vulnerabilities impacting its Remote Client and Remote Host products for Windows. CVE-2024-7479 and CVE-2024-7481—bot ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 26, 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Critical Vulnerability Found in Flatpak: CVE-2024-42472 (CVSS 10) Exposes Files Outside Sandbox

Please enable JavaScriptA serious security flaw has been discovered in Flatpak, a popular system for distributing and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 (3 months ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-1933 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Insecure UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in TeamViewer Remote Client prior Version 15.52 for macOS allows an attacker with unprivileged access, to potentially elevate privileges or conduct a denial-of-service-attack by overwriting the symlink.
    Added Reference TeamViewer Germany GmbH https://www.teamviewer.com/de/resources/trust-center/security-bulletins/tv-2024-1002/ [No types assigned]
    Added CWE TeamViewer Germany GmbH CWE-61
    Added CVSS V3.1 TeamViewer Germany GmbH AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-1933 weaknesses.

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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