Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by triggering remote code execution (RCE) on the server via a Remote Desktop connection. Alternatively, an authenticated attacker could trigger guest-to-host RCE via a malicious program by connecting to the host using MMC.
According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
This vulnerability could lead to a browser sandbox escape.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?
This attack requires an admin user on the client to connect to a malicious server, and that could allow the attacker to gain code execution on the client.
Security updates
10.0.17763.6659 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048661
1.2.5716.0 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/whats-new-client-windows#updates-for-version-1257160
10.0.20348.2966 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048654
10.0.20348.2908 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048800
10.0.19044.5247 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048652
10.0.22621.4602 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048685
10.0.26100.2605 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048667
10.0.26100.2528 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048794
10.0.25398.1308 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048653
10.0.10240.20857 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048703
10.0.14393.7606 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048671
6.1.7601.27467 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048695
6.1.7601.27467 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048676
6.2.9200.25222 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048699
6.3.9600.22318 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5048735
2.0.327.0 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-app/whats-new?toc=admins%2Ftoc.json&tabs=windows
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.4
Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2024-49105 Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49105
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss