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CVE-2026-94540

7.7 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-09-21 · Updated 2026-09-24

AI risk analysis

Summary
DesktopSMS 1.11.0 allows local attackers to perform unauthorized SMS operations by interacting with the local service, potentially leading to the transmission and retrieval of SMS content and the persistence of attacker-controlled identities.
Exploitability
Exploitation is relatively straightforward as it requires local access to the application's service without any pairing confirmation or user interaction.
Blast radius
If exploited, the impact could be significant, as it allows attackers to perform privileged SMS operations using the victim application's permissions, potentially leading to data exfiltration or manipulation.
Detection
No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation
Upgrade to DesktopSMS 1.11.1 or later.
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Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

DesktopSMS 1.11.0 by MrPear contains an unauthorized access vulnerability that allows local attackers to transmit SMS, retrieve SMS-derived content, and persist an attacker-selected paired identity by interacting with the application's local service without any pairing confirmation or user interaction. Attackers can exploit the unauthenticated local service through same-device loopback to perform privileged SMS operations using the victim application's permissions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-306

Public exploit & PoC references

References

Data: NVD (public domain). Analysis: local $0 model. Defensive use only.