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CVE-2019-1226
published 2019-08-14

CVE-2019-1226: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – when an unauthenticated attacker connects to…

PriorityP267critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
7.59%
93.9th percentile
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

29 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
googlechrome_chrome
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10_version_1803>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1809>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1909>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2016
microsoftwindows_server_2016
microsoftwindows_server_2019>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
msrcwindows_10_version_1803_for_32-bit_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1803_for_arm64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1803_for_x64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1809_for_32-bit_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1809_for_arm64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1809_for_x64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1909_for_32-bit_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1909_for_arm64-based_systems
msrcwindows_10_version_1909_for_x64-based_systems

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

portTCP/3389
  • Monitor for unauthenticated RDP connection attempts (pre-authentication exploitation) — no valid credentials will be presented before the malicious payload is sent.
  • Alert on inbound RDP (TCP 3389) traffic from external/untrusted sources, especially where no Network Level Authentication (NLA) handshake is completed.
  • Detect specially crafted RDP connection requests sent before authentication completes — look for anomalous or malformed RDP protocol sequences on TCP 3389.
  • ·Exploitation is rated 'More Likely' for both latest and older software releases by Microsoft, even though no public exploit or active exploitation was confirmed at time of disclosure.
  • ·Enabling NLA is a mitigating control but does NOT fully remediate the vulnerability — patching (KB4512501, KB4511553, KB4540673) is still required.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_msrc9.8CRITICAL
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