CVE-2020-13160
highpriority · attend · 77EPSS 0.807 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
2 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
80.7% (100th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-24
AnyDesk before 5.5.3 on Linux and FreeBSD has a format string vulnerability that can be exploited for remote code execution.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-49613AnyDesk 5.5.2 - Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- exploit/linux/misc/cve_2020_13160_anydeskAnyDesk GUI Format String Writefunctional · metasploit
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://devel0pment.de/?p=1881cnnvd
- https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txtcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13160cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158291/AnyDesk-GUI-Format-String-Write.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161628/AnyDesk-5.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49613cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158291/AnyDesk-GUI-Format-String-Write.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161628/AnyDesk-5.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlenisa_euvd
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