"TeamViewer Flaw Could be Exploited to Crack Users’ Password"

Security researchers have discovered a high-risk vulnerability (CVE-2020-13699) in TeamViewer for Windows. If the vulnerability is exploited, remote attackers could crack the users’ password, which could lead to further system exploitation.  CVE-2020-13699 is a security weakness arising from an unquoted search path or element.  More specifically, the vulnerability is due to the application not properly quoting its custom URI handlers.  According to the company, the vulnerability affects TeamViewer versions 8 through 15 (up to 15.8.2) for the Windows platform. The company is advising users to upgrade to version 15.8.3 to close the hole.

Help Net Security reports: "TeamViewer Flaw Could be Exploited to Crack Users’ Password"