How to Specify a Program to Start on Connection by Using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection

This article describes how to specify a program to start on connection by using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection. Requirements Remote Desktop Protocol RDP client such as the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client MSTSC.exe. Additional configuration on the XenApp Serverto accept these...

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Insecure Library Injection

Added: 03/14/2011 CVE: CVE-2011-0029 BID: 46678 OSVDB: 71014 Background The Windows Remote Desktop allows desktop access to one Windows computer from another Windows computer. Problem A library loading vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Client allows arbitrary command execution when a user opens...

CVE-2011-0029

The CVE-2011-0029 issue affects the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client (versions 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0). It is a local privilege-escalation vulnerability caused by an untrusted search path: a Trojan DLL loaded from the current working directory when a directory contains a .rdp file. Impact i...

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers execute arbitrary code. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a legitimate user to use the vulnerable application to open a file from a network share location that contains a specially...