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Microsoft CVE-2017-8704: Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2017-8704: Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual PCI on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly validating input.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4038782-397ff69f-657f-4029-9329-b2c00bd6a6a8
  • msft-kb4038782-e895239d-88ad-4ac3-b68f-8abb6b489d19
  • msft-kb4038782-e8a8e193-de5d-413d-990a-76d355b5fb5e

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