CVE-2025-44002 (GCVE-0-2025-44002)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-26 11:05 – Updated: 2025-08-26 14:39
VLAI?
Title
Arbitrary File Creation via Symbolic Link leading to Denial-of-Service
Summary
Race Condition in the Directory Validation Logic in the TeamViewer Full Client and Host prior version 15.69 on Windows allows a local non-admin user to create arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges, potentially leading to a denial-of-service condition, via symbolic link manipulation during directory verification.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
TV
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TeamViewer Full Client Affected: 11.0.0 , < 15.69 (custom)
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    TeamViewer Host Affected: 11.0.0 , < 15.69 (custom)
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Credits
Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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