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CVE-2022-21995 · Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
7.9 base · 6.9 temporal
Release
2022-02-08
Signals
Role: Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
No CWE data published.
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Description
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FAQ / Articles
FAQ
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.
FAQ
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 prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability.