High severity8.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15261
CVE-2020-15261
Description
On Windows the Veyon Service before version 4.4.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability, allowing locally authenticated users with administrative privileges to run malicious executables with LocalSystem privileges. Since Veyon users (both students and teachers) usually don't have administrative privileges, this vulnerability is only dangerous in anyway unsafe setups. The problem has been fixed in version 4.4.2. As a workaround, the exploitation of the vulnerability can be prevented by revoking administrative privileges from all potentially untrustworthy users.
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References
6- github.com/veyon/veyon/commit/f231ec511b9a09f43f49b2c7bb7c60b8046276b1nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/162873/Veyon-4.4.1-Unquoted-Service-Path.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48246nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49925nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/veyon/veyon/issues/657nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/veyon/veyon/security/advisories/GHSA-c8cc-x786-hqqpnvdThird Party Advisory
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