CVE-2015-2362

high

Description

Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not properly initialize guest OS system data structures, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging guest OS privileges, aka "Hyper-V System Data Structure Vulnerability."

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-068

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032897

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-07-14

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High