CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in rdesktop up to 1.8.3. Affected by this issue is the function rdp_in_unistr
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
rdesktop versions up to and including v1.8.3 contain an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in the function rdp_in_unistr() and results in memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution.
The bug was discovered 02/05/2019. The weakness was released 03/15/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at research.checkpoint.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-20177 since 12/17/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277595 (Fedora Security Update for rdesktop (FEDORA-2019-5146cd34e2)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 127328, 127329, 127330 and 127331.
Product
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Integer overflowCWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
12/17/2018 🔍02/05/2019 🔍
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03/15/2019 🔍
03/16/2019 🔍
08/01/2023 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 4dca546d04321a610c1835010b5dad85163b65e1Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-20177 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 106938 - RDP Client 'FreeRDP' And 'rdesktop' Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2019 07:48Updated: 08/01/2023 18:26
Changes: 03/16/2019 07:48 (59), 05/17/2020 09:19 (4), 08/01/2023 18:18 (4), 08/01/2023 18:26 (1)
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