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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-1080

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 3:16:02 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Microsoft Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

								
								
					

					

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						Description
						
							
							
								
							
								
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1047.

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain elevated privileges on a target operating system.</p>
<p>This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run.  However, this vulnerability could be used in conjunction with one or more vulnerabilities (e.g. a remote code execution vulnerability and another elevation of privilege) that could take advantage of the elevated privileges when running.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting how Windows Hyper-V handles objects in memory.</p>