CVE-2024-38074: Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Jul

Released

2024-07-09

EPSS Score

8.76% (percentile: 92.5%)

FAQ

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a server set up as a Remote Desktop Licensing server, which will cause remote code execution.

Affected Products (13)

Windows

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

ESU

• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (8)

• 5040430
• 5040437
• 5040438
• 5040434
• 5040497
• 5040498
• 5040485
• 5040456

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/lewislee53">Lewis Lee</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ver0759">Chunyang Han</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/edwardzpeng">Zhiniang Peng</a>

Revision History

• 2024-07-09: Information published.