Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
How would an attacker exploit this vulnerability? This vulnerability would require an authenticated attacker on a guest VM to send specially crafted file operation requests on the VM to hardware resources on the VM which could result in remote code execution on the host server.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution? The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. The vulnerable endpoint is only available over the local VM interface as all external communication is blocked. This means an attacker needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.
According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Any authenticated attacker could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges.
According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially execute a cross-VM attack, thereby compromising multiple virtual machines and expanding the impact of the attack beyond the initially targeted VM.
🎯 Affected products11
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
✅ Remediation
KB5048654 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2966 KB5048800 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2908 KB5048685 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.4602 KB5048667 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.26100.2605 KB5048794 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.26100.2528 KB5048685 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.4602 KB5048653 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1308
🔗 References (13)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49117
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5048654
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5048654
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5048800
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5048800
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5048685
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5048685
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5048667
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5048667
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5048794
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5048794
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5048653
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5048653