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CVE-2020-4044

Local users can perform a buffer overflow attack against the xrdp-sesman service and then impersonate it

7.5 HighFix available

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.33%Down 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Local users can perform a buffer overflow attack against the xrdp-sesman service and then impersonate it

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
CVE-2020-4044
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-121
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25303 7.5

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
EUVD-2020-25303
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD 7.5

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
CVE-2020-4044
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-121
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-4044 7.8

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-4044
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 7.8

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
CVE-2020-4044
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-4044 7.8

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-4044
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-4044 7.8

The xrdp-sesman service before version 0.9.13.1 can be crashed by connecting over port 3350 and supplying a malicious payload. Once the xrdp-sesman process is dead, an unprivileged attacker on the server could then proceed to start their own imposter sesman service listening on port 3350. This will allow them to capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP and approve or reject arbitrary login credentials. For xorgxrdp sessions in particular, this allows an unauthorized user to hijack an existing session. This is a buffer overflow attack, so there may be a risk of arbitrary code execution as well.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-4044
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2021-0016 No score

Updated xrdp packages fix security vulnerability

Ashley Newson discovered that the XRDP sessions manager was susceptible to denial of service. A local attacker can further take advantage of this flaw to impersonate the XRDP sessions manager and capture any user credentials that are submitted to XRDP, approve or reject arbitrary login credentials or to hijack existing sessions for xorgxrdp sessions (CVE-2020-4044).

Record
MGASA-2021-0016
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0999-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:

  • Security fixes (bsc#1173580, CVE-2020-4044):
    • Add patches:
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-0.patch
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-1.patch
    • Rebase SLE patch:
      • xrdp-fate318398-change-expired-password.patch

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0999-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1200-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.9.13.1
    • This is a security fix release that includes fixes for the following local buffer overflow vulnerability (bsc#1173580): CVE-2020-4044

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1200-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11526-1 No score

libpainter0-0.9.15-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libpainter0-0.9.15-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11526-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1918-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:

  • Security fixes (bsc#1173580, CVE-2020-4044):
    • Add patches:
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-0.patch
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-1.patch
    • Rebase SLE patch:
      • xrdp-fate318398-change-expired-password.patch
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1918-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1933-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:

  • Security fixes (bsc#1173580, CVE-2020-4044):
    • Add patches:
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-0.patch
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-1.patch
    • Rebase SLE patch:
      • xrdp-fate318398-change-expired-password.patch
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1933-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1943-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp provides the following fix:

  • CVE-2020-4044: xrdp-sesman can be crashed remotely over port 3350 (bsc#1173580).
  • Fixed an issue where xrdp-sesman could not restart (bsc#1155952).
  • Fixed an issue where xrdp could not start due to an error in the service file use absolute path in ExecStart (bsc#1155789).
  • Fixed a PAM error after 2nd xrdp session after logout (bsc#1153471).
  • Fixed a crash in xrdp-sesman, caused by terminating and reconnecting an xrdp session (bsc#1152711).
  • Fixed a failure in RDP session recovery (bsc#1150584).
  • Fixed a process leak (bsc#1144379).
  • Let systemd handle the daemons, fixing daemon start failures. (bsc#1138954, bsc#1144327)
  • Don't try to create .vnc directory if it already exists. (bsc#1157860)
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1943-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1991-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:

  • Security fixes (bsc#1173580, CVE-2020-4044):
    • Add patches:
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-0.patch
      • xrdp-cve-2020-4044-fix-1.patch
    • Rebase SLE patch:
      • xrdp-fate318398-change-expired-password.patch
  • Update patch:
    • xrdp-Allow-sessions-with-32-bpp.patch.patch
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1991-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:2142-1 No score

Security update for xrdp

This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.9.13.1
    • This is a security fix release that includes fixes for the following local buffer overflow vulnerability (bsc#1173580): CVE-2020-4044
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:2142-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6469-1 No score

xrdp vulnerability

Ashley Newson discovered that xrdp incorrectly handled memory when processing certain incoming connections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Record
USN-6469-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xrdp
Alpine:v3.12
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.13
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.14
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.15
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.16
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.17
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.18
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.19
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.20
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.21
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xrdp
Alpine:v3.22
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.23
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.24
before 0.9.13.1-r0
0.9.13.1-r0
xrdp
Debian:12
before 0.9.12-1.1
0.9.12-1.1
xrdp
Debian:13
before 0.9.12-1.1
0.9.12-1.1
xrdp
Debian:14
before 0.9.12-1.1
0.9.12-1.1
xrdp
Debian:9
before 0.9.1-9+deb9u4, plus listed versions
0.9.1-90.9.1-9+deb9u10.9.1-9+deb9u20.9.1-9+deb9u3
0.9.1-9+deb9u4
xrdp
Debian:10
before 0.9.9-1+deb10u1, plus listed versions
0.9.9-1
0.9.9-1+deb10u1
xrdp
Mageia:7
before 0.9.10-1.1.mga7
0.9.10-1.1.mga7
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
before 0.9.10-3.3.1
0.9.10-3.3.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
before 0.9.10-3.3.1
0.9.10-3.3.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
before 0.9.6-4.8.1
0.9.6-4.8.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
before 0.9.6-4.8.1
0.9.6-4.8.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
before 0.9.6-4.8.1
0.9.6-4.8.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
before 0.9.6-4.8.1
0.9.6-4.8.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
before 0.9.6-4.8.1
0.9.6-4.8.1
xrdp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.20.1
xrdp
SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.27.1
xrdp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
before 0.9.13.1-4.3.1
0.9.13.1-4.3.1
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, plus listed versions
0.6.0-10.6.0-1ubuntu0.10.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm2, plus listed versions
0.6.1-20.6.1-2ubuntu0.10.6.1-2ubuntu0.30.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
0.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm2
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0.9.1-90.9.4-10.9.4-20.9.4-30.9.4-4
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0.9.4-50.9.5-10.9.5-1build10.9.5-2
0.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
xrdp
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 0.9.12-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.9.9-10.9.12-1
0.9.12-1ubuntu0.1
xrdp
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 0.9.6-lp151.4.6.1
0.9.6-lp151.4.6.1
xrdp
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
before 0.9.13.1-lp152.3.3.1
0.9.13.1-lp152.3.3.1
xrdp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0.9.15-2.2
0.9.15-2.2

History

History
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affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-4044 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, published June 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.33%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in xrdp 0.9.13.1-r0.

References

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