APP: Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Services DVC Decompression Heap Buffer Overflow

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Services component of Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation could result in the execution of arbitrary code with administrative privileges.

Extended Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on the target system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to the target systems Remote Desktop Service via RDP. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Remote Desktop Services handles connection requests.

Affected Products

Microsoft windows_server_2016

References

CVE: CVE-2019-1181

URL: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1181

Short Name

APP:REMOTE:WINDOWS-RDS-DVC-OF

Severity

Major

Recommended

True

Recommended Action

None

APP: Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Services DVC Decompression Heap Buffer Overflow

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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