#Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to gather information specific to the environment of the targeted component.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to gather information specific to the environment of the targeted component.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to gather information specific to the environment of the targeted component.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to invest time in repeated exploitation attempts through sending constant or intermittent data.

**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to trick a user into executing a specially crafted script which executes an RPC call to an RPC host. This could result in remote code execution on the server side with the same permissions as the RPC service.

Mitigation refers to a setting, common configuration, or general best-practice, existing in a default state, that could reduce the severity of exploitation of a vulnerability. The following mitigating factors may be helpful in your situation: **1\. Block TCP port 445 at the enterprise perimeter firewall** TCP port 445 is used to initiate a connection with the affected component. Blocking this port at the network perimeter firewall will help protect systems that are behind that firewall from attempts to exploit this vulnerability. This can help protect networks from attacks that originate outside the enterprise perimeter. Blocking the affected ports at the enterprise perimeter is the best defense to help avoid Internet-based attacks. **However, systems could still be vulnerable to attacks from within their enterprise perimeter.** **2\. Follow Microsoft guidelines to secure SMB traffic** Secure SMB Traffic in Windows Server.

**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to trick a user into executing a specially crafted script which executes an RPC call to an RPC host. This could result in remote code execution on the server side with the same permissions as the RPC service.

**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to trick a user into executing a specially crafted script which executes an RPC call to an RPC host. This could result in remote code execution on the server side with the same permissions as the RPC service.

**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted RPC call to an RPC host. This could result in remote code execution on the server side with the same permissions as the RPC service.

**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to trick a user into executing a specially crafted script which executes an RPC call to an RPC host. This could result in remote code execution on the server side with the same permissions as the RPC service.