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CVE-2014-0296

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not properly encrypt sessions, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network or modify session content by sending crafted RDP packets, aka "RDP MAC Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/06/10/assessing-risk-for-the-june-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58524
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67865
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-030
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/06/10/assessing-risk-for-the-june-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58524
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67865
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-030

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