CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0863

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-10-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-10-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.0 in Microsoft Windows 2000 and RDP 5.1 in Windows XP does not encrypt the checksums of plaintext session data, which could allow a remote attacker to determine the contents of encrypted sessions via sniffing, aka "Weak Encryption in RDP Protocol."

Affected configurations

• microsoft .net windows server beta3 • microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 2000 terminal services • microsoft windows nt 4.0 • microsoft windows xp

References