Microsoft Windows RDP Services Client ActiveX control buffer overflow
| win-rdp-activex-bo (52116) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection ActiveX control is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site that passes invalid parameters for the ActiveX method, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 9.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-044. See References.
References:
- IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Alert: Microsoft Windows RDP Services Client ActiveX Control RCE.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-044: Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Connection Could Allow Remote Code Execution (970927.
- BID-35973: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection ActiveX Control Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-1929: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Terminal Services Client ActiveX control running RDP 6.1 on Windows XP SP2, Vista SP1 or SP2, or Server 2008 Gold or SP2; or 5.2 or 6.1 on Windows XP SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified parameters to unknown methods, aka Remote Desktop Connection ActiveX Control Heap Overflow Vulnerability.
- SA36229: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Two Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1022709: Windows Remote Desktop Connection Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-2238: Microsoft Windows RDP Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS09-044)
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 x64
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP2
- Microsoft Windows XP SP2
- Microsoft Windows XP SP2 x64 Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP SP3
Reported:
Aug 11, 2009
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