Microsoft Fixes Critical RDP Vulnerability with March Patch Tuesday

Microsoft rolled out six patches addressing seven vulnerabilities on Tuesday, including a critical hole in Windows’ Remote Desktop Protocol RDP – the same component exploited by the Morto worm in August. The March edition of their monthly Patch Tuesday release included a critical bulletin MS12-02...

CVE-2012-0002

The Remote Desktop Protocol RDP implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly process packets in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code ...

Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol Code Execution (MS12-020; CVE-2012-0002)

A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way that the Remote Desktop Protocol RDP accesses an object in memory that has been improperly initialized or has been deleted. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by...

Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol CVE-2012-0002 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Successful exploits will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected process. This may facilitate a complete system compromise. Failed attacks may cause denial-of-servi...

PT-2012-1181

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 Gold and SP1 Description A remote code executio...

Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol Service CVE-2012-0152 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the target service to stop responding, denying service to legitimate users. Technologies Affected Avaya Aura Conferencing 6.0 SP1 Standard Avaya Aura...

MS12-020: Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop could allow remote code execution: March 13, 2012

Resolves vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to an affected system. By default, the Remote Desktop Protocol RDP is not enabled on any Windows operating system. Systems that do not have RDP enabled are not at...

MS12-020: Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2671387)

An arbitrary remote code vulnerability exists in the implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol RDP on the remote Windows host. The vulnerability is due to the way that RDP accesses an object in memory that has been improperly initialized or has been deleted. If RDP has been enabled on the...

MS12-020: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability: March 13, 2012

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Preemptive Protection against Microsoft Terminal Server Denial of Service (MS12-020; CVE-2012-0152)

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol...

MS12-020 Microsoft RDP Vulnerability Exploit PoC

The Remote Desktop Protocol RDP implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly process packets in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code ...

Microsoft RDP Server Private Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Remote Desktop Protocol server is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescripti...

NetSupport Client Handshake Hostname Overflow

Added: 10/11/2011 CVE: CVE-2011-0404 BID: 45728 OSVDB: 70408 Background NetSupport Manager is a remote desktop support solution. Problem The NetSupport client/server communication is carried out over a proprietary communications protocol. This protocol begins with a handshake between the client a...

NetSupport Client Handshake Hostname Overflow

Added: 10/11/2011 CVE: CVE-2011-0404 BID: 45728 OSVDB: 70408 Background NetSupport Manager is a remote desktop support solution. Problem The NetSupport client/server communication is carried out over a proprietary communications protocol. This protocol begins with a handshake between the client a...

NetSupport Client Handshake Hostname Overflow

Added: 10/11/2011 CVE: CVE-2011-0404 BID: 45728 OSVDB: 70408 Background NetSupport Manager is a remote desktop support solution. Problem The NetSupport client/server communication is carried out over a proprietary communications protocol. This protocol begins with a handshake between the client a...

NetSupport Client Handshake Hostname Overflow

Added: 10/11/2011 CVE: CVE-2011-0404 BID: 45728 OSVDB: 70408 Background NetSupport Manager is a remote desktop support solution. Problem The NetSupport client/server communication is carried out over a proprietary communications protocol. This protocol begins with a handshake between the client a...

Morto Worm Continues to Squirm, Windows 7 Infections Reported

The Morto worm that began compromising machines via open RDP services this past weekend is continuing its work, going after workstations and servers and creating large amounts of network traffic from TCP port 3389. The main attack vector that Morto uses is a large-scale scan for remote machines...

Morto Worm spreading via Remote Desktop Protocol

Morto Worm spreading via Remote Desktop Protocol Organizations large and small often make use of Remote Desktop or Terminal Services to remotely connect to Windows computers over the Internet and internally. These tools use Microsoft's RDP protocol to allow the user to operate the remote system...

Morto Worm spreading via Remote Desktop Protocol

Morto Worm spreading via Remote Desktop Protocol Organizations large and small often make use of Remote Desktop or Terminal Services to remotely connect to Windows computers over the Internet and internally. These tools use Microsoft's RDP protocol to allow the user to operate the remote system...

New Worm Morto Using RDP to Infect Windows PCs

A new worm called Morto has begun making the rounds on the Internet in the last couple of days, infecting machines via RDP Remote Desktop Protocol. The worm is generating a large amount of outbound RDP traffic on networks that have infected machines, and Morto is capable of compromising both...