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High · 7.7 CVE-2020-16894 EUVD-2020-8852GHSA-c7jg-8cqr-88pq

Windows NAT Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Oct 16, 2020 · Updated Oct 1, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

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>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 10.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.0 – < publication publication

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