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Microsoft Virtual PC/Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (969856)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-033.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to the application not properly validating required CPU privilege levels of certain machine instructions running within the guest operating system environment.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1 and prior Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1 and prior Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 and prior

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)