CVE-2019-0708
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 100.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules2 modules
- CVE-2019-0708 BlueKeep Microsoft Remote Desktop RCE Check (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/rdp/cve_2019_0708_bluekeepRank normaldisclosed 14 May 2019
- CVE-2019-0708 BlueKeep RDP Remote Windows Kernel Use After Free (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/rdp/cve_2019_0708_bluekeep_rceRank manualdisclosed 14 May 2019
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) - 'BlueKeep' Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Remote Windows Kernel Use After Free (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47683remote, windows_x86published 19 Nov 2019Not verified
- Microsoft Windows - BlueKeep RDP Remote Windows Kernel Use After Free (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47416remote, windowspublished 24 Sept 2019Verified
- Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop - 'BlueKeep' Denial of Service (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47120dos, windowspublished 15 Jul 2019Not verified
- Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop - 'BlueKeep' Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46946dos, windowspublished 30 May 2019Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
- affected 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation)
- affected 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)
- affected 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)
References
References15
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-932041.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-616199.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-433987.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-832947.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-166360.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-406175.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190529-01-windows-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-notices/huawei-sn-20190515-01-windows-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153133/Microsoft-Windows-Remote-Desktop-BlueKeep-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153627/Microsoft-Windows-RDP-BlueKeep-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154579/BlueKeep-RDP-Remote-Windows-Kernel-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155389/Microsoft-Windows-7-x86-BlueKeep-RDP-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162960/Microsoft-RDP-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-0708 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-1468 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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