Remote control via recoverable shared Gateway Key
Published Dec 15, 2025 · Updated Dec 15, 2025
Recoverable credential storage in NetSupport Manager before 14.12.0001 allows local users to recover a shared Gateway Key from client configuration. Client32.ini stores a ciphered form of the administrator-supplied key with a reversible transformation, allowing the original plaintext to be decoded. Read access to one deployed client's configuration is required; the recovered key authenticates a custom client to the connectivity service and exposes systems sharing that key to remote control.
Summary
What happened
Recoverable credential storage in NetSupport Manager before 14.12.0001 allows local users to recover a shared Gateway Key from client configuration. Client32.ini stores a ciphered form of the administrator-supplied key with a reversible transformation, allowing the original plaintext to be decoded. Read access to one deployed client's configuration is required; the recovered key authenticates a custom client to the connectivity service and exposes systems sharing that key to remote control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-34180
- Published
- Dec 15, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 15, 2025
- Vendor
- NetSupport Ltd.
- Product
- NetSupport Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-257, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <14.12.0001
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Public exploit references
- Shared Gateway Key recovery proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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