High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 1, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-1794

Description

Microsoft Terminal Server using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.2 stores an RSA private key in mstlsapi.dll and uses it to sign a certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof public keys of legitimate servers and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Remote Desktop Connection
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:remote_desktop_connection:5.1.2600.2180:*:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Windows Terminal Services Using RDP
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_terminal_services_using_rdp:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Remote Desktop Protocolllm-create
Range: 5.2
Microsoft/Terminal Serverllm-fuzzy
Range: RDP 5.2

Patches

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References

www.oxid.it/downloads/rdp-gbu.pdfnvdVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/15605/nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/13818nvd
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12441nvd

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