Input validation error in Windows Server - CVE-2020-0610
Published: January 14, 2020 / Updated: July 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24292
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0610
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of requests sent to Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted requests to the affected system and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Windows Server
How to mitigate CVE-2020-0610
Install update from vendor's website.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #6501 - rdg_scanner_cve-2020-0609 (Scanning for Remote Desktop Gateways (Potentially unpatched CVE-2020-0609 and CVE-2020-0610)) (July 1, 2021)
- Exploit #2825 - BlueGate (PoC (DoS + scanner) for CVE-2020-0609 & CVE-2020-0610 - RD Gateway RCE) (June 3, 2020)
- Exploit #2827 - RDGScanner (A proof-of-concept scanner to check an RDG Gateway Server for vulnerabilities CVE-2020-0609 & CVE-2020-0610.) (June 3, 2020)
- Exploit #2832 - BlueGate (PoC for the Remote Desktop Gateway vulnerability - CVE-2020-0609 & CVE-2020-0610) (June 3, 2020)
- Exploit #2835 - rdg_scanner_cve-2020-0609 (Scanning for Remote Desktop Gateways (Potentially unpatched CVE-2020-0609 and CVE-2020-0610)) (June 3, 2020)