ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ki National Cyber Emergency Response Team (National CERT) ne TeamViewer istemal karne walon se guzarish ki hai ke woh remote-access software ko update kar lein, kyunke aik high-severity khami samne aayi hai jis ke zariye hamla karne wale software ko crash kar sakte hain ya computer par malicious code chala sakte hain.
Is khami, CVE-2026-111585, ko severity ke lihaz se 10 mein se 8.8 ki rating di gayi hai. Yeh Windows, macOS aur Linux par TeamViewer ke Full Client aur Portable versions aur Android Remote Control app ko mutasir karti hai, jo version 15.83 se pehle ke hain. TeamViewer ne 27 October ko aik security bulletin mein is ka inkishaf kiya aur fixes jari kar diye.
Yeh hamla khudkar nahin hai: yeh sirf us surat mein kaam karta hai jab koi user aise remote computer se connect hota hai jo hamla karne wale ke control mein ho ya compromise ho chuka ho. Phir woh computer aisa data bhej sakta hai jis se crash ho jaye ya, platform ke mutabiq, app ke barabar privileges ke saath code chal jaye. TeamViewer ne kaha ke ishaat ke waqt woh kisi active exploitation se aagah nahin tha.
Advisory ke mutabiq, users ko version 15.83 ya us ke baad ke version par muntaqil ho jana chahiye, aur purani branches istemal karne wale un ke liye jari alag fixes install karein. Jahan update foran mumkin na ho, wahan advisory untrusted remote connections ko block karne ka mashwara deti hai. Jo idare kisi device ke compromise hone ka shuba rakhte hain, woh logs mehfooz rakhein, remote access mehdood karein aur incident-response madad hasil karein.
