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**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to send a specially crafted MSMQ packet to a MSMQ server. This could result in remote code execution on the server side.

**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 win a race condition.

Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Message Queuing allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

**According to the CVSS metric, attack vector is (AV:N) and user interaction is none (UI:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** This can happen without user intervention. An attacker can use an uninitialized function pointer being called when decoding a JPEG image. This can be embedded in Office and 3rd party documents/files

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

Weak authentication in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.