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CVE-2022-41094:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-41094 is a Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that was discovered and assigned on September 19, 2022. The vulnerability affects various versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server systems running Hyper-V (CVE Mitre).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS severity score of 7.0, indicating a high severity level. The attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring single authentication (Au:S), and potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability completely (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges within the Windows Hyper-V environment, potentially compromising the security of the virtualization platform and affecting multiple virtual machines running on the affected host (CVE Mitre).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple Windows versions including Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (21H2 and 22H2), and Windows Server versions (2012 through 2022). The fixes are available through various KB updates including KB5021233, KB5021234, KB5021235, KB5021237, KB5021243, KB5021249, and KB5021255 (Rapid7).
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