PT-2020-4330 · Microsoft · Windows Hyper-V+1

Jonas Lykkegård · Published 2020-10-13 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-1080

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: The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V, which occurs due to improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a target operating system. The vulnerability itself does not enable arbitrary code execution but could be used in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to take advantage of the elevated privileges.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04830

CVE-2020-1080

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Hyper-V

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1080 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1080 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04830 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1080 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1080 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1080 · Security Note