CVE-2019-1181
Patch early
EPSS 75.8% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 75.75% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-08-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 10 |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows rt 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows server 2016 |
| microsoft | windows server 2019 |
References
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190819-01-windows-en
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-187667.pdf
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1181
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190819-01-windows-en
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-187667.pdf
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1181
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