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CVE-2015-2362

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not properly initialize guest OS system data structures, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging guest OS privileges, aka "Hyper-V System Data Structure Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032897
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-068
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032897
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-068

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