MrPear DesktopSMS up to 1.11.0 improper authorization

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MrPear DesktopSMS up to 1.11.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-94540. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MrPear DesktopSMS up to 1.11.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-94540 since 09/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-84215). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• MrPear

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• DesktopSMS

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11.0

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