CVE-2019-11769
HIGHTeamViewer 14.2.2558 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in TeamViewer 14.2.2558. Updating the product as a non-administrative user requires entering administrative credentials into the GUI. Subsequently, these credentials are processed in Teamviewer.exe, which allows any application running in the same non-administrative user context to intercept them in cleartext within process memory. By using this technique, a local attacker is able to obtain administrative credentials in order to elevate privileges. This vulnerability can be exploited by injecting code into Teamviewer.exe which intercepts calls to GetWindowTextW and logs the processed credentials.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
31.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-522
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
teamviewer/teamviewer
Timeline
Published
Sep 11, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026