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Microsoft RDP Server Private Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is running Remote Desktop Protocol server and is prone to information disclosure vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to RDP server which stores an RSA private key used for signing a terminal server's public key in the mstlsapi.dll library, which allows remote attackers to calculate a valid signature and further perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks to obtain sensitive information.
Affected Software
Affected Software
All Microsoft-compatible RDP (5.2 or earlier) software.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. A Workaround is to connect only to terminal services over trusted networks.