CVE-2017-8673
Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2017-8673 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by KB4034674, released August 8, 2017. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Routine
CVSS
5.9
Important
Exploitation
None reported
Exploitation Less Likely
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0499
92nd percentile
<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the RDP service on the target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>