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ID CVE-2020-16894
Summary <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows NAT accesses the host.</p>
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
CVSS
Base: 6.8 (as of 31-12-2023 - 20:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW SINGLE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
refmap via4
misc https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16894
Last major update 31-12-2023 - 20:15
Published 16-10-2020 - 23:15
Last modified 31-12-2023 - 20:15
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