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MS12-053 - Critical : Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2723135) - Version: 2.0

Posted on 09 October 2012

There is an newer version: MS12-053 - Version: 2.1

Critical

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V2.0 (October 9, 2012): Revised bulletin to rerelease the KB723135 update for Windows XP. Customers do not need to apply the rereleased update packages to avoid an issue with digital certificates described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to an affected system. By default, the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is not enabled on any Windows operating system. Systems that do not have RDP enabled are not at risk.

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Other versions

• MS12-053 - Version: 1.0
• MS12-053 - Version: 2.0
• MS12-053 - Version: 2.1

 

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