Remote Desktop Protocol DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2015-2473 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) through 8.1 in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .rdp file, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

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