CVE-ID |
CVE-2020-16894
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Description |
<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>
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Assigning CNA |
Microsoft Corporation |
Date Record Created |
20200804 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20200804) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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