What is CVE-2020-27614?

CVE-2020-27614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Anydesk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-27614?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Anydesk

CVE-2020-27614

AnyDesk for macOS versions 6.0.2 and older have a vulnerability in the XPC interface that does not properly validate client requests and allows local privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-12-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Anydesk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
anydesk.com/cve/2020-27614/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27614?: CVE-2020-27614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Anydesk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-27614?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.