CVE-2024-43456: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
CVE-2024-43456 is a medium severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 involving improper access control in Remote Desktop Services. It allows tampering that could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts without requiring user interaction or privileges. An official fix is available for this vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43456 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) affecting Windows Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (version 6.1.7601.0). The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to tamper with Remote Desktop Services, potentially impacting confidentiality and integrity. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.8 (medium), with network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and unchanged scope. Microsoft has released an official fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could result in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts on affected systems. There is no impact on availability. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication but requires high attack complexity. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (version 6.1.7601.0) to remediate this issue.
CVE-2024-43456: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Description
CVE-2024-43456 is a medium severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 involving improper access control in Remote Desktop Services. It allows tampering that could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts without requiring user interaction or privileges. An official fix is available for this vulnerability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.8medium
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43456 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) affecting Windows Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (version 6.1.7601.0). The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to tamper with Remote Desktop Services, potentially impacting confidentiality and integrity. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.8 (medium), with network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and unchanged scope. Microsoft has released an official fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could result in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts on affected systems. There is no impact on availability. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication but requires high attack complexity. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (version 6.1.7601.0) to remediate this issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.515Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a2867228dd33fbd8572319a
Added to database: 6/9/2026, 7:18:58 PM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 8:26:25 PM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 4:59:56 AM
Views: 3
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