# CVE-2024-52940: AnyDesk through 8.1.0 on Windows, when Allow Direct Connections is enabled, inadvertently exposes a public IP address within network traffic

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-11-18 · Updated: 2024-11-23

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

AnyDesk through 8.1.0 on Windows, when Allow Direct Connections is enabled, inadvertently exposes a public IP address within network traffic. The attacker must know the victim's AnyDesk ID.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt
- https://github.com/ebrasha/abdal-anydesk-remote-ip-detector
- https://x.com/ProfShafiei/status/1850856458017009830
- https://github.com/MKultra6969/AnySniff

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