CVE-2024-0819 Incomplete protection of personal password settings
A low-privileged user can elevate privileges and establish remote connections to admin accounts due to improper initialization of default password settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0819?
CVE-2024-0819 is a high-severity vulnerability in TeamViewer Remote Full Client, published on 27 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper initialization of default settings in TeamViewer Remote Client prior version 15.51.5 for Windows, Linux and macOS, allow a low privileged user to elevate privileges by changing the personal password setting and establishing a remote connection to a logged-in admin account.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0819?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Teamviewer Remote.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0819?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0819 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-0819 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0819 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in TeamViewer Remote Full Client
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hh9v-fm8v-rq96.