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Microsoft CVE-2019-1489: Remote Desktop Protocol Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2019-1489: Remote Desktop Protocol Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/10/2019
Created
12/17/2019
Added
12/10/2019
Modified
12/17/2019

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to connect remotely to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.

Solution(s)

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