PT-2020-4248 · Microsoft · Windows Hyper-V+1

Published 2020-10-13 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-16891

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Hyper-V (affected versions not specified)

Description: A remote code execution issue exists due to insufficient input validation in Windows Hyper-V. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system by running a specially crafted application on a guest operating system. The attacker could potentially exploit this to gain control over the host system.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04708

CVE-2020-16891

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Hyper-V

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16891 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16891 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-16891 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16891 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04708 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16891 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020101331 · Note