MS15-002 - Vulnerability in Windows Telnet Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Bulletin ID: 

MS15-002

Severity: 

Critical

Description: 

This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted packets to an affected Windows server. Only customers who enable this service are vulnerable. By default, Telnet is installed but not enabled on Windows Server 2003. Telnet is not installed by default on Windows Vista and later operating systems.

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