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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2019-1222

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 5/29/2024 1:16:14 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Removed CVSS V3
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

								
						
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Changed 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, aka 'Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1181, CVE-2019-1182, CVE-2019-1226.
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.