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CVE-2024-49116

CVE-2024-49116 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 83%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 7 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High

8.1

CVSS

83%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 83%. CVSS 8.1 (High).

This CVE is among the top 5% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-49116

Part of the December 2024 wave of nine Remote Desktop Services remote code execution fixes, rated Critical at CVSS 9.8 on Server 2019 and 2022 with EPSS at 84 percent. When this many exploitable-looking bugs hit one service at once, the cheapest defense is architectural: fewer RDP endpoints reachable by attackers means fewer chances for any of the nine. The patch is long available, so residual risk today is self-inflicted.

Do this: Use this cluster as the trigger to inventory every RDP listener in the environment and remove direct internet exposure wherever it still exists.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-49116

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-49116 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-49116.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-49116: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 8.1
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 83%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5048653, KB5048654, KB5048667, KB5048794, KB5048800, KB5053594, KB5053596
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 83%).

Fixed by KB5048653 and 6 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-49116

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5048653, KB5048654, KB5048667, KB5048794, KB5048800, KB5053594, KB5053596 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-49116. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5048653 KB5048654 KB5048667 KB5048794 KB5048800 KB5053594 KB5053596

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-49138 CVE-2025-24985 CVE-2025-24993 CVE-2025-24983 CVE-2025-26633 CVE-2025-24054 CVE-2025-24991 CVE-2025-24984

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC FIRST.org EPSS

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