Windows Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2017-8711 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by KB4038782, released September 12, 2017. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host operating system fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker on a guest operating system could run a specially crafted application that could cause the Hyper-V host operating system to disclose memory information.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain access to information on the Hyper-V host operating system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Hyper-V validates guest operating system user input.</p>