PT-2022-5732 · Microsoft · Windows Hyper-V+1

Published 2022-10-11 · Updated 2025-01-02 · CVE-2022-37979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/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 insecure privilege management in the Windows Hyper-V hardware virtualization system, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. This could allow an attacker to affect the system.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-07131

CVE-2022-37979

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Hyper-V

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37979 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37979 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37979 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-37979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-07131 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37979 · Vendor Advisory