Home / bulletins MS12-053 - Critical : Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2723135) - Version: 1.0
Posted on 14 August 2012
There is an newer version: MS12-053 - Version: 2.1
CriticalSeverity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 14, 2012): Bulletin published.
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.Other versions
- MS12-053 - Version: 1.0
- MS12-053 - Version: 2.0
- MS12-053 - Version: 2.1