CVE-2022-37979

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, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a Hyper-V guest to affect the functionality of the Hyper-V host.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?

An attacker on a Nested Hyper-V environment would gain Level 1 Hyper-V Windows Root OS privileges. For diagrams and more detailed information please see Run Hyper-V in a Virtual Machine with Nested Virtualization.