CVE-2022-30163CriticalCVSS 8.5

Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
June 14, 2022
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-30163 →

📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege Hyper-V guest. The attacker could traverse the guest's security boundary to execute code on the Hyper-V host execution environment.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application on a Hyper-V guest that could cause the Hyper-V host operating system to execute arbitrary code.

🎯 Affected products21

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • 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 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5014692 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.3046 KB5014699 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19043.1766 KB5014678 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.770 KB5014677 (Security Hotpatch Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.770 KB5014699 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19042.1766 KB5014697 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.739 KB5014699 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.1766 KB5014710 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.19325 KB5014702 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.5192 KB5014748 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.25984 KB5014742 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.25984 KB5014738 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20402 KB5014746 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20402 KB5014747 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.23736 KB5014741 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.2.9200.23736

🔗 References (22)