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

A vulnerability in TeamViewer has been addressed that allowed a compromised host computer to attack the viewer computer that connected to control it. In a TeamViewer session, the viewer is the computer that initiates control, while the host is the machine being controlled. The flaw enabled a malicious host to crash the viewer's TeamViewer application. Depending on the platform, the compromised host may have also been able to execute additional malicious actions. The issue has been fixed by TeamViewer.