Windows DHCP Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [CVE-2019-0547]
CVE Number – CVE-2019-0547
A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows DHCP client when an attacker sends specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the client machine.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted DHCP responses to a client.
The Microsoft security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DHCP clients handle certain DHCP responses.
To download this patch see Microsoft Article 4480966
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