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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.