vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8489: Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 9, 2018
Added
Oct 9, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
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, aka "Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8490.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4462922microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4462917microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4462937microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4462918microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4462919microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4464330microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4462931microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4462941microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4462917microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4464330msft-kb4462915-12aa589f-eae8-42ea-a2e8-eb41a36c43b6msft-kb4462915-4d032d7e-1aed-452c-844f-fd86dd5385ffmsft-kb4462915-7011e545-f81d-4b02-a5e3-15fd50b29a7cmsft-kb4462915-cef3ebb4-b9cf-4aff-aa5b-c80500f5d6eamsft-kb4462915-e32cde5b-a2a7-46a6-9d4e-ed961a6924d0msft-kb4462915-f03674d4-c0fd-473e-8492-7df3bb8c8230msft-kb4462931-0eaf46e9-1447-4fca-a01c-6e5890f37168msft-kb4462931-df4fb7b9-56e4-4389-839b-60f613907865msft-kb4462941-56a4f194-85ba-4dff-92f1-904ebc2fa310msft-kb4462941-859b093c-b864-48d2-a3d0-d57d594337ffmsft-kb4463104-07bb79e6-abf8-48bb-8a0b-e0a0f625dcc6msft-kb4463104-76137abc-ba72-42bc-852e-f3e35b6fd580msft-kb4463104-fd05d33e-8393-4f33-a0cc-d54bf139fecc
References
Rapid7 Labs
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