CVE-2023-0837
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15...
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15.41 and 15.42.7 for Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to change basic local device settings even though the options were locked. This can result in unwanted changes to the configuration.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15.41 and 15.42.7 for Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to change basic local device settings even though the options were locked. This can result in unwanted changes to the configuration.
- Record
CVE-2023-0837- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-12838
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15.41 and 15.42.7 for Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to change basic local device settings even though the options were locked. This can result in unwanted changes to the configuration.
- Record
EUVD-2023-12838- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ppr7-4hv8-j939
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15...
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15.41 and 15.42.7 for Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to change basic local device settings even though the options were locked. This can result in unwanted changes to the configuration.
- Record
GHSA-ppr7-4hv8-j939- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An improper authorization check of local device settings in TeamViewer Remote between version 15.41 and 15.42.7 for Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to change basic local device settings even though the options were locked. This can result in unwanted changes to the configuration.
- Record
CVE-2023-0837- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-0837 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Teamviewer Remote, published June 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.