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>

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• Remote Code Execution

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16894

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16894

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