CVE-2022-35751HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
August 9, 2022
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-35751 →

📋 Description

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.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a Hyper-V guest to affect the functionality of the Hyper-V host.

🎯 Affected products23

  • 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 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)
  • 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

KB5016623 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.3287 KB5016616 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19043.1889 KB5016627 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.887 KB5016616 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19042.1889 KB5016629 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.856 KB5016616 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.1889 KB5016639 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.19387 KB5016622 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.5291 KB5016676 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26065 KB5016679 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26065 KB5016681 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20520 KB5016683 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20520 KB5016669 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.21616 KB5016686 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.21616 KB5016672 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.23817 KB5016684 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.2.9200.23817

🔗 References (23)