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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-0708 kev+ ransomware in the critical feed json

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacke…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-1468

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2021-11-03, used in ransomware
epss
100.0%
EPSS 100.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
6
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-20-049-01 updated cvss 9.8

Spacelabs Xhibit Telemetry Receiver (XTR)

  • Spacelabs Arkon (99999) Spacelabs Windows 7 Spacelabs Windows 2000 Spacelabs Windows Server 2003 Spacelabs Windows Server 2003 R2 Spacelabs Windows Server 2008
    +4 more products
    Spacelabs Windows Server 2008 R2 Spacelabs Windows Vista Spacelabs Windows XP Spacelabs Xhibit Telemetry Receiver (XTR) Model number 96280 1.0.2
    affected: vendor fix support.microsoft.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/rdp/cve_2019_0708_bluekeep)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
5y ago
Patch by
2022-05-03 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Microsoft, Remote Desktop Services
CISA name
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Ransomware

Groups reported to have exploited it in intrusions.

  • LockBit ransomware gang

reported by cisa.gov

Ransomware Vulnerability Matrix by BushidoUK (github.com/BushidoUK/Ransomware-Vulnerability-Matrix), reformatted per CVE. CC BY 4.0

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1133 External Remote Services exploitation
  • T1059.004 Unix Shell primary impact
  • T1498 Network Denial of Service secondary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

100.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/rdp/cve_2019_0708_bluekeep CVE-2019-0708 BlueKeep Microsoft Remote Desktop RCE Check metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2019-05-14
  • Metasploit exploit/windows/rdp/cve_2019_0708_bluekeep_rce CVE-2019-0708 BlueKeep RDP Remote Windows Kernel Use After Free metasploit exploit, manual rank, 2019-05-14
  • EDB-47683 Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) - 'BlueKeep' Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Remote Windows Kernel Use After Free remote, 2019-11-19
  • EDB-47416 Microsoft Windows - BlueKeep RDP Remote Windows Kernel Use After Free (Metasploit) remote, 2019-09-24
  • EDB-47120 Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop - 'BlueKeep' Denial of Service (Metasploit) dos, 2019-07-15
  • EDB-46946 Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop - 'BlueKeep' Denial of Service dos, 2019-05-30
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153133/Microsoft-Windows-Remote-Desktop-BlueKeep-Denial-Of-Service.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153627/Microsoft-Windows-RDP-BlueKeep-Denial-Of-Service.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154579/BlueKeep-RDP-Remote-Windows-Kernel-Use-After-Free.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162960/Microsoft-RDP-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows Server

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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