CVE-2020-0917 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host se

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-2020-0918.

01What is this vulnerability?

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-2020-0918.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows	10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft	Windows Server	2019, 2019 (Core installation)
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64	based Systems — unspecified
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)	unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64	based Systems — unspecified
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-04-15T15:12:47.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T06:18:03.498Z

09References

• portal.msrc.microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0917