National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-0863
Original release date:10/11/2002
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.0 in Microsoft Windows 2000 and RDP 5.1 in Windows XP does not encrypt the checksums of plaintext session data, which could allow a remote attacker to determine the contents of encrypted sessions via sniffing, aka "Weak Encryption in RDP Protocol."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#865833
Name: VU#865833
External Source: MS
Name: MS02-051
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20020916 Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol checksum and keystroke vulnerabilities
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 5712
External Source: BID
Name: 5711
External Source: XF
Name: win-rdp-keystroke-monitoring(10122)
External Source: XF
Name: win-rdp-checksum-leak(10121)
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20020918 Microsoft Windows Terminal Services vulnerabilities
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:199
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:199
Type: Tool Signature
