Detections
Analytics
CVE-2019-1224
high
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows RDP server improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to connect remotely to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows RDP server initializes memory.
References
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/a-look-inside-the-ransomware-ecosystem
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2020-threat-landscape-retrospective
https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-roundup-for-microsoft-s-august-2019-patch-tuesday-dejablue
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1224