Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU6492

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2017-0212

Published: May 10, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6492

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0212

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0212

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0212

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