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CVE-2002-0863
Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.0 in Microsoft Windows 2000 and RDP 5.1 in Windows XP does not encrypt the checksums of plaintext…
Medium5.0EPSS 22.0%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.0 in Microsoft Windows 2000 and RDP 5.1 in Windows XP does not encrypt the checksums of plaintext session data, which could allow a remote attacker to determine the contents of encrypted sessions via sniffing, aka "Weak Encryption in RDP Protocol."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.0% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 5711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS02-051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- win-rdp-keystroke-monitoring(10122) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#865833 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20020916 Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol checksum and keystroke vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020918 Microsoft Windows Terminal Services vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- win-rdp-checksum-leak(10121) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:199 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
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)
- FIRST EPSS (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)
Record last updated .