Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application on a guest operating system that could cause the Hyper-V host operating system to execute arbitrary code. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Hyper-V validates guest operating system user input.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
E
Physical
RL
O
RC
Changed
Affected products
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 150710.0.10240.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 160710.0.14393.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 170310.0.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 170910.0.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 201610.0.14393.0 – publication
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.0 – publication