CVE-2020-16863HighCVSS 7.5

Windows Remote Desktop Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published
October 13, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Service when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the Remote Desktop Service on the target system to stop responding. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Service. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Remote Desktop Service handles connection requests.

🎯 Affected products4

  • Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4580345 (Monthly Rollup) KB4580387 (Security Only)

🔗 References (5)