CVE-2024-20700: Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Jan

Released

2024-01-09

EPSS Score

0.86% (percentile: 75.0%)

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. According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that an attacker will need to first gain access to the restricted network before running an attack.

Affected Products (14)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (6)

• 5034127
• 5034129
• 5034121
• 5034122
• 5034123
• 5034130

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://github.com/australeo">@australeo</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/rezer0dai">@rezer0dai</a>

Revision History

• 2024-01-09: Information published.