SB2022121356 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Hyper-V

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41094)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the Windows Hyper-V, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44682)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Windows Hyper-V when handling DHCP packets. A remote attacker on the local network can send a DHCP request containing the DHCP message type DHCP_MESSAGE_DECLINE with an invalid DHCP_OPTION_REQUESTEDIPADDR embedded in the same DHCP request.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-41094
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-44682
• https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-22-083