CVE-2010-3960

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-12-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) by sending a crafted encapsulated packet over the VMBus, aka "Hyper-V VMBus Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2

References

http://osvdb.org/69818
http://secunia.com/advisories/42617
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45293
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024884
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3224
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-102
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12359
http://osvdb.org/69818
http://secunia.com/advisories/42617
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45293
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024884

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