Advisory Details

March 15th, 2012

Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol Channel Abort Condition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-0002
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Remote Desktop
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12138']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists during handling of an error while loading elements into an array. This condition can cause the driver to abort a connection and part of the logic of the abort is to free an object associated with it. This will actually occur twice when each of channels are disconnected. The second time this object is freed, the driver will fetch a virtual pointer from the freed object and call it. This can lead to code execution under the context of the driver.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-020
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-08-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-03-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Luigi Auriemma

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