CVE-2017-0212
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold,...
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 fail to properly validate vSMB packet data, aka "Windows Hyper-V vSMB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.6
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 fail to properly validate vSMB packet data, aka "Windows Hyper-V vSMB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-0212- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.4 Medium
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 fail to properly validate vSMB packet data, aka "Windows Hyper-V vSMB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-0212- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0578 No score
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 fail to properly validate vSMB packet data, aka "Windows Hyper-V vSMB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2017-0578- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5ffp-cccf-fpvh
7.6
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold,...
Windows Hyper-V allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 fail to properly validate vSMB packet data, aka "Windows Hyper-V vSMB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-5ffp-cccf-fpvh- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-0212 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Microsoft Windows 10, published May 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.14%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.