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Microsoft CVE-2018-8218: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2018-8218: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/12/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/12/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server 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 that causes a host machine to crash. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how virtual machines access the Hyper-V Network Switch.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4284819-12056057-df80-4f20-a9f8-c8b9bd18ccd6
  • msft-kb4284819-af7712ab-eaad-4b7d-8b8e-2a060c2bfe53

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