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CVE-2020-16896

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p> > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt