7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-52940
AnyDesk Public IP Exposre Vulnerability
Description

AnyDesk through 8.1.0 on Windows, when Allow Direct Connections is enabled, inadvertently exposes a public IP address within network traffic. The attacker must know the victim's AnyDesk ID.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 18, 2024, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 18, 2024, 5:11 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-52940 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-52940 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-2024-52940.

URL Resource
https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt
https://github.com/ebrasha/abdal-anydesk-remote-ip-detector
https://x.com/ProfShafiei/status/1850856458017009830

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).

AnySniff is a tool for monitoring TCP connections of processes like AnyDesk on Windows. It uses the CVE-2024-52940 vulnerability to track open connections and log IPs, ports, and other details.

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 2, 2024, 5:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2024-52940 - A zero-day vulnerability in AnyDesk's "Allow Direct Connections" feature, discovered and registered by Ebrahim Shafiei (EbraSha), exposing public and private IP addresses. For details, visit the NVD, Tenable, or MITRE pages.

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C#

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
28 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Oct. 27, 2024, 3:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

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Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
6566 stars 1140 fork 1140 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 958 different CVEs too.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-52940 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-12254: CPython Flaw Could Lead to Memory Exhaustion in asyncio Applications

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-12254) has been discovered in CPython, the reference implementation of the Python programming language. This vulnerability, with a CVSSv4 score of 8.7, affects ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 10, 2024 (1 week, 5 days ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-43222 (CVSS 9.8): Critical Flaw in Sweet Date WordPress Theme Exposes Thousands of Sites to Potential Takeovers

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-43222) has been identified in the Sweet Date WordPress theme, a popular premium theme with nearly 10,000 sales. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indic ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 06, 2024 (2 weeks, 2 days ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
QNAP fixes Vulnerabilities in QuRouter and Note Station 3

QNAP has addressed multiple vulnerabilities in several NAS devices include Photo Station, AI Core, QuLog Center, Media Streaming Add-on, QTS and QuTS hero.The two command injection vulnerabilities in ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 27, 2024 (3 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
Gitlab fixes multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2024-8114

GitLab has released patches to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) products. Versions 17.6.1, 17.5.3, and 17.4.5 could allow privilege esc ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 27, 2024 (3 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
VMware fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Aria Product

VMware has released patches to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting its Aria Operations product.The first vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-38830 with a CVSS score of 7.8 , could allow a mali ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 27, 2024 (3 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
AnyDesk affected by CVE-2024-52940

The open-source remote desktop software “Any Desk” has been affected by a vulnerability could allow attackers to uncover users’ IP addresses, posing significant privacy risks.The vulnerability tracked ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 25, 2024 (3 weeks, 5 days ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-52940: AnyDesk Vulnerability Exposes User IP Addresses, PoC Published

Image: Ebrahim ShafieiA newly discovered vulnerability in popular remote desktop software AnyDesk could allow attackers to uncover users’ IP addresses, posing significant privacy risks. Security resea ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 21, 2024 (1 month ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-52940 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 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Nov. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-532
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description AnyDesk through 8.1.0 on Windows, when Allow Direct Connections is enabled, inadvertently exposes a public IP address within network traffic. The attacker must know the victim's AnyDesk ID.
    Added Reference MITRE https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/ebrasha/abdal-anydesk-remote-ip-detector [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://x.com/ProfShafiei/status/1850856458017009830 [No types assigned]
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-52940 is associated with the following CWEs:

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-2024-52940 weaknesses.

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