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CVE-2017-0168
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Hyper-V Network Switch running on a Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008,…
Medium5.8EPSS 5.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows Hyper-V Network Switch running on a Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2012 R2 host operating system fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system, aka "Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0169.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Windows Hyper-V
- affected Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2
References (3)
- 1038232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 97418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .