MS15-042 - Vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V Could Allow Denial of Service

Bulletin ID: 

MS15-042

Severity: 

Important

Description: 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker runs a specially crafted application in a virtual machine (VM) session. Note that the denial of service does not allow an attacker to execute code or elevate user rights on other VMs running on the Hyper-V host; however, it could cause other VMs on the host to not be manageable in Virtual Machine Manager.

Security advisory: 

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