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CVE-2012-0002 is a memory-handling vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol implementation affecting Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 versions listed in the vulnerability scope. The implementation does not properly process packets in memory, allowing crafted RDP packets to access an object that was either improperly initialized or deleted.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module targeting the MS12-020 vulnerability (CVE-2012-0002) in Microsoft Windows' Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) service. The exploit is implemented in Ruby and is designed to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) by sending a specially crafted sequence of RDP packets to the target's TCP port 3389. The vulnerability is a use-after-free in the handling of the maxChannelIDs field in the T.125 ConnectMCSPDU packet, which can crash the RDP service or the entire system. The module checks if the RDP service is up, sends the exploit packet, and then verifies if the service has crashed. The only fingerprintable endpoint is TCP port 3389, which is the standard RDP port. The exploit does not provide code execution or a shell, but rather is intended to demonstrate and trigger a service crash. The code is mature and operational, suitable for testing or demonstrating the DoS condition on vulnerable systems.
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