{"id":"CVE-2018-16550","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16550","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:25:57.806Z","title":"TeamViewer 10.x through 13.x allows remote attackers to bypass the brute-force authentication protection mechanism by skipping the \"Cancel\" step, which makes it easier to determine the correct value of the default 4-digit PIN.","description":"TeamViewer 10.x through 13.x allows remote attackers to bypass the brute-force authentication protection mechanism by skipping the \"Cancel\" step, which makes it easier to determine the correct value of the default 4-digit PIN.","published":"2018-09-05T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["teamviewer/teamviewer"],"epss":{"score":0.03621,"percentile":0.89458,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://twitter.com/vah_13/status/1036894081350291457","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/vah_13/status/1036894081350291457","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16550","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}