Microsoft Windows DHCP Client CVE-2019-0726 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
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 security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DHCP clients handle certain DHCP responses.
Affected Applications
Windows 10
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2019