CVE•Published 2026-06-19•Modified 2026-06-26•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-20094Anydesk · Anydesk
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
2
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 98% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
AnyDesk 2.5.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting the service installation. Attackers can insert malicious executables in the system root path that execute with elevated privileges during application startup or system reboot.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-19
Modified 2026-06-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-20094Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Anydesk Anydesk" version:"2.5.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Anydesk"HTTP body or banner mentions "Anydesk" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-20094Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-20094Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-20094Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-20094GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-20094" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-20094 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2016-20094 yet. The external references above still apply.