Remote code execution requiring user interaction
Published Mar 9, 2022 · Updated Jul 8, 2025
Remote code execution in Microsoft Remote Desktop Client allows remote attackers to run code through network input requiring user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected function, memory operation, or malformed Remote Desktop Protocol input that triggers the flaw. Exploitation requires a user action and yields code execution in the client's security context, with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Remote code execution in Microsoft Remote Desktop Client allows remote attackers to run code through network input requiring user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected function, memory operation, or malformed Remote Desktop Protocol input that triggers the flaw. Exploitation requires a user action and yields code execution in the client's security context, with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-23285
- Published
- Mar 9, 2022
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19235
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