CVE-2020-16927

Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 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 RDP service on the target system to stop responding.</p>

<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p>

<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05921 · 93.2th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:17Z
    Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability
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