Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2001-0612 is an old denial-of-service issue in McAfee Remote Desktop 3.0 and earlier. A remote party could crash the service by sending a large volume of packets to port 5045. The main business risk is disruption of remote administration on legacy systems, not confirmed data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely on legacy hosts still running McAfee Remote Desktop 3.0 or earlier with port 5045 reachable from untrusted networks or broad internal segments. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item. Prioritize it if affected systems support critical operations or port 5045 is reachable beyond trusted administrative networks. Mitigation focus: Inventory systems for McAfee Remote Desktop 3.0 or earlier.; Remove or disable the product where it is no longer required.; Restrict access to port 5045 to trusted management networks only..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- remote-desktop-dos(6547)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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