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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.7 Medium

CVE-2025-41421

Privilege Escalation via Symbolic Link Spoofing in TeamViewer Client

Description

Improper handling of symbolic links in the TeamViewer Full Client and Host for Windows — in versions prior to 15.70 of TeamViewer Remote and Tensor — allows an attacker with local, unprivileged access to a device lacking adequate malware protection to escalate privileges by spoofing the update file path. This may result in unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

TeamViewer Full Client

Default version status: unaffected

  • 11.0.0 to < 15.70affected

TeamViewer Host

Default version status: unaffected

  • 11.0.0 to < 15.70affected

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