CVE-2022-37979

Published: Oct 11, 2022

Modified: Jan 2, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected `10.0.17763.0 - < 10.0.17763.3532`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected `10.0.17763.0 - < 10.0.17763.3532`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.17763.0 - < 10.0.17763.3532`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H1	affected `10.0.0 - < 10.0.19043.2130`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	affected `10.0.20348.0 - < 10.0.20348.1129`
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	affected `10.0.0 - < 10.0.22000.1098`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected `10.0.19043.0 - < 10.0.19044.2130`
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H2	affected `10.0.22621.0 - < 10.0.22621.674`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.5427`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.5427`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.5427`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

vendor-advisory

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