CVE-2005-1794

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
6.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: June 1, 2005 (7709 days ago)
Last Modified: May 22, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Terminal Server using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.2 stores an RSA private key in mstlsapi.dll and uses it to sign a certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof public keys of legitimate servers and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft remote desktop connectionmicrosoft windows terminal services using rdp

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.oxid.it 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 ics-cert.us-cert.gov 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org