#windows

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**What privileges could an attacker gain?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

**Upon successful exploitation, what privileges could an attacker gain?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.

**According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a Hyper-V guest to affect the functionality of the Hyper-V host.

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** This vulnerability requires that a user with an affected version of Windows access a malicious server. An attacker would have to host a specially crafted server share or website. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit this specially crafted server share or website, but would have to convince them to visit the server share or website, typically by way of an enticement in an email or chat message.

**Upon successful exploitation, what privileges could an attacker gain?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.

**Why is this GitHub CVE included in the Security Update Guide?** The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in Azure cli, which is published on GitHub and for which GitHub is the CVE Naming Authority (CNA). It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to inform customers using the azure-cli that they need to apply the updated version. Please see Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners for more information.