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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2018-0961 Hyper-V vSMB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Windows 7 Critical 09-05-2018

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system.

Detailed Information on the risk:
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application on a guest operating system that could cause the Hyper-V host operating system to execute arbitrary code.

Further information on this exploit is available at : CVE-2018-0961

Affected Software


Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)