CVE-2018-8438 Information

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system aka \Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability.\ This affects Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows RT 8.1 Windows Server 2016 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8436 CVE-2018-8437.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105249 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041624 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8438

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.8