CVE-2002-0863

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0863
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-11 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRemote 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft .net Windows Server beta3 All standard All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 All terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp1 terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp2 terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp3 terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp4 terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp5 terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp6 terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 sp6a terminal_server All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All 64-bit All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 64-bit All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 home All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#865833 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-051 - Moderate | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
ISS X-Force Database: win-rdp-checksum-leak (10121): Windows Remote Desktop Protocol checksum information leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Windows RDP Keystroke Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'Microsoft Windows Terminal Services vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol checksum and keystroke' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: win-rdp-keystroke-monitoring (10122): Windows Remote Desktop Protocol could allow an attacker to monitor keystrokes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Microsoft Windows Encrypted RDP Packet Information Leakage Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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