CVE-2020-4044 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xrdp-sesman service, affecting neutrinolabs xrdp versions prior to 0.9.13.1. An unprivileged attacker can crash the sesman service by sending a malicious payload to port 3350, then launch an imposter service to capture user credentials and potentially hijack existing xorgxrdp sessions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring local privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.9.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:neutrinolabs:xrdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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