CVE-2024-52940
AnyDesk through 8.1.0 on Windows, when Allow Direct Connections is enabled, inadvertently exposes a public IP address within network traffic. The attacker...
- Published
- Nov 18, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 23, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 67.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
2CVE-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.
- AnySniffExploit
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.
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