SB2017051005 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Hyper-V
Published: May 10, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051005
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0212)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper validation of vSMB packet data by Windows Hyper-V on a host server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted vSMB packet data to escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.