PT-2015-5768 · Microsoft · Windows 7+2

Published 2015-08-15 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2473

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns an untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .rdp file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2473

Affected Products

Windows 7

Remote Desktop Protocol

Windows Server 2008 R2

References · 3

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2473 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033242 · Note