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CVE-2025-44002: TeamViewer Full Client · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affects TeamViewer Full ClientSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
TeamViewer Full ClientAffected
  • =11.0.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Immediate mitigation should focus on restricting local user permissions to the minimum necessary and monitoring for unusual file system activity, especially symbolic link creation or modification in directories used by TeamViewer. Organizations should enforce strict endpoint security policies, including application whitelisting and integrity monitoring. Until an official patch is released, consider disabling or limiting TeamViewer usage on critical systems or replacing it with alternative remote access solutions with no known vulnerabilities. Regularly audit user accounts to remove unnecessary local access and implement robust logging to detect potential exploitation attempts. Network segmentation can limit the impact of compromised hosts. Once TeamViewer releases a patch, prioritize its deployment across all affected systems. Additionally, educating users about the risks of local privilege escalation and maintaining updated antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions can help detect and prevent exploitation attempts.

Description

Race Condition in the Directory Validation Logic in the TeamViewer Full Client and Host prior version 15.69 on Windows allows a local non-admin user to create arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges, potentially leading to a denial-of-service condition, via symbolic link manipulation during directory verification.

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