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(MS12-020) Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2671387)
CVE ID
CVE-2012-0002,CVE-2012-0152
Severity
Critical

Description


This security update addresses two privately reported vulnerabilities in the Remote Desktop Protocol, which may result to code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted rdp packets to an affected system. The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is not defaultly enabled on Windows Operating system, thus those systems with unabled RDP are not affected.


There are reports indicating the emergence of proof of concept code in the wild. Trend Micro is able to provide solutions against PoC code related to this vulnerability.

Below are details of the two vulnerabilities:

Microsoft Bulletin ID Vulnerability ID
MS12-020 Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0002)
MS12-020 Terminal Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0152)

Solution

Apply Trend Micro solutions.
Patch: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-020
Affected software and version:

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB2621440)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2621440)
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2621440)
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2621440)
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2667402)
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2621440)
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2667402)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2667402)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2621440)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2667402)

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