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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-16894

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 3:15:48 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Changed Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) fails to properly handle UDP traffic, aka 'Windows NAT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
<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>