# CVE-2024-12754: AnyDesk Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> Local attackers can exploit junction handling to read arbitrary files and disclose stored credentials, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 31 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rqf6-6p8f-f2pv

## What is CVE-2024-12754?

CVE-2024-12754 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in AnyDesk, published on 30 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

AnyDesk Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of AnyDesk. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of background images. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to read arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose stored credentials, leading to further compromise. Was ZDI-CAN-23940.

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12754?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Anydesk Anydesk.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12754?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12754 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in AnyDesk

- [CVE-2025-27918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27918/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-13160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13160/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-14397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14397/): AnyDesk before 3.6.1 on Windows has a DLL injection vulnerability. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-44426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44426/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-20094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-20094/): AnyDesk 2.5.0 Unquoted Service Path Elevation of Privilege (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12754 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12754 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in AnyDesk, published on 30 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AnyDesk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12754/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12754/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12754
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12754
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12754

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12754/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.