CVE-2025-24045: Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
- More Likely
- Patch Tuesday
- 2025-Mar
- Released
- 2025-03-11
- EPSS Score
- 0.40% (percentile: 61.0%)
Description
Sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory in Windows Remote Desktop Services allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
FAQ
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.
Affected Products (13)
Windows
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
ESU
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Security Updates (7)
Acknowledgments
ʌ!ɔ⊥ojv with Kunlun Lab, Ashana Sharan with Microsoft India
Revision History
- 2025-03-11: Information published.