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October 30th, 2026 at 3:17 PM

TeamViewer Flaw Lets Remote Computers Attack Users Who Connect to Control Them

TeamViewer has fixed a flaw that lets the machine being controlled in a remote session attack the computer that connected to control it. In a TeamViewer session, the computer that connects and takes control is the viewer, and the machine it controls is the host. A malicious or compromised host can exploit the flaw to crash the viewer's TeamViewer and, depending on the platform, may also run

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