CVE-2022-37979

Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37979
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37979	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h2::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:-::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11:22h2::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:::::::*

History

02 Jan 2025, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37979 -

21 Nov 2024, 07:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37979 - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37979 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

20 Dec 2023, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	~~(en) Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.~~	(en) Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Information

Published : 2022-10-11 19:15

Updated : 2025-01-02 22:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-37979

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37979

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-37979

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_11
windows_server_2016
windows_server_2019
windows_10
windows_server_2022

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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7.8 /10