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CVE-2020-4044

HIGHEPSS 82th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xrdpDebian
Fixed in:0.9.12-1.1CVE-2020-4044
Fixed in:0.9.12-1.1CVE-2020-4044
Fixed in:0.9.12-1.1CVE-2020-4044
Fixed in:0.9.12-1.1CVE-2020-4044
xrdpUbuntu
Fixed in:0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm2USN-6469-1
Fixed in:0.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm2USN-6469-1
Fixed in:0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-6469-1
Fixed in:0.9.12-1ubuntu0.1USN-6469-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days
82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

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