6.4
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2005-1794
Microsoft Terminal Server Remote Desktop Protocol RSA Private Key Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 1, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-1794 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft remote_desktop_connection
2 Microsoft windows_terminal_services_using_rdp
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • - Force the use of SSL as a transport layer for this service if supported, or/and - On Microsoft Windows operating systems, select the 'Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication' setting if it is available.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2005-1794 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-1794 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-1794 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Imoro Umar Farouq's report on Internal Network Penetration Testing

Shell

Updated: 11 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : Sept. 12, 2024, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
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Born at : April 19, 2024, 10:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Scanner for network for CVE-2005-1794.

Python

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 12, 2022, 12:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 years, 4 months ago
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Born at : April 2, 2022, 1:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-1794 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-1794 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/15605/
    Added Reference http://www.oxid.it/downloads/rdp-gbu.pdf
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13818
    Added Reference https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12441
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12441 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12441 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

9.69 }} -2.22%

score

0.92530

percentile