Microsoft Warns of Windows Hyper-V Zero-Day Being Exploited
09-July-24
The Windows Hyper-V vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-38080, was anonymously reported to Redmond’s security response center. It carries a CVSS severity score of 7.8/10. Microsoft did not share any additional details on the observed attacks or any data or telemetry to help defenders hunt for signs of infection. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment. An attacker would have to send the victim a malicious file that the victim would have to execute.
