CVE-2012-0002

critical

Published 2012-03-13 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly process packets in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted RDP packets triggering access to an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_dos/windows/rdp/ms12_020_maxchannelids rank 300

MS12-020 Microsoft Remote Desktop Use-After-Free DoS

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

auxiliary_scanner/rdp/ms12_020_check rank 300

MS12-020 Microsoft Remote Desktop Checker

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
windows		affected
windows	-	affected
windows	r2	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.