CVE-2022-37979
published 2022-10-11CVE-2022-37979: Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSCCHIHAH
EPSS
0.56%
43.1th percentile
Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected
24 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1607 | >= 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.5427 | 10.0.14393.5427 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_1809 | >= 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.3532 | 10.0.17763.3532 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_21h1 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.19043.2130 | 10.0.19043.2130 |
| microsoft | windows_10_version_21h2 | >= 10.0.19043.0 < 10.0.19044.2130 | 10.0.19044.2130 |
| microsoft | windows_11 | — | — |
| microsoft | windows_11_version_21h2 | >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.1098 | 10.0.22000.1098 |
| microsoft | windows_11_version_22h2 | >= 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.674 | 10.0.22621.674 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | >= 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.5427 | 10.0.14393.5427 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2019 | >= 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.3532 | 10.0.17763.3532 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2022 | >= 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.1129 | 10.0.20348.1129 |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1607_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_1809_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_21h1_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_10_version_21h2_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_11_version_21h2_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_11_version_22h2_for_x64-based_systems | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_2016 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_2019 | — | — |
| msrc | windows_server_2022 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-x64m-975w-xpwq: Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-10-12
CVE-2022-37979 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-x64m-975w-xpwq: Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Microsoft
Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2022-10-11·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2022-37979 [HIGH] Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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.
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 Vir
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2022-10-11·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2022-41038 [HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
## Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line, including seven critical issues in Windows’ point-to-point tunneling protocol.
October's security update features 11 critical vulnerabilities, with the remainder being “important.”
One of the most notable vulnerabilities Microsoft fixed this month is CVE-2022-41038 , a remote code execution issue in Microsoft SharePoint. There are several other SharePoint vulnerabilities included in this month’s Patch Tuesday, though this seems the most severe, as Microsoft continues it to be “more likely” to be exploited.
An attacker must be authenticated to the target site with the
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2022-10-11·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2022-41038 [HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line, including seven critical issues in Windows’ point-to-point tunneling protocol.
October's security update features 11 critical vulnerabilities, with the remainder being “important.”
One of the most notable vulnerabilities Microsoft fixed this month is CVE-2022-41038, a remote code execution issue in Microsoft SharePoint. There are several other SharePoint vulnerabilities included in this month’s Patch Tuesday, though this seems the most severe, as Microsoft continues it to be “more likely” to be exploited.
An attacker must be authenticated to the target site with the correct permissions to use manage lists in SharePoint to exploit this vulnerability, and
2022-10-11
Published