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 win a race condition.
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CVE-2022-37979 · Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
No description was published by MSRC.
Signals
Role: Windows Hyper-V
Elevation of Privilege
Exploited: No
Publicly disclosed: No
Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
No CWE data published.
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Description
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FAQ
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.
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker on a Nested Hyper-V environment would gain Level 1 Hyper-V Windows Root OS privileges. For diagrams and more detailed information please see Run Hyper-V in a Virtual Machine with Nested Virtualization.