CVE-2017-0168HighCVSS 7.7

Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
April 11, 2017
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-0168 →

📋 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Hyper-V Network Switch on a host operating system fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker on a guest operating system could run a specially crafted application that could cause the Hyper-V host operating system to disclose memory information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain access to information on the Hyper-V host operating system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Hyper-V Network Switch validates guest operating system user input.

🎯 Affected products9

  • Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4015550 (Monthly Rollup) KB4015547 (Security Only) KB3211308 (Security Update) KB4015549 (Monthly Rollup) KB4015546 (Security Only) KB4015551 (Monthly Rollup) KB4015548 (Security Only)

🔗 References (8)