Microsoft Hyper-V Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2893986)
🗓️ 15 Nov 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-3898 | 13 Nov 201300:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2013-3898 | 13 Nov 201300:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2013-3830 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2013-3898 | 13 Nov 201300:55 | – | nvd | |
| Microsoft Hyper-V Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2893986) | 15 Nov 201300:00 | – | openvas | |
| Memory corruption | 13 Nov 201300:55 | – | prion | |
| MS13-092: Vulnerability in Hyper-V Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2893986) | 13 Nov 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Microsoft Windows Hyper-V CVE-2013-3898 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | 12 Nov 201300:00 | – | symantec |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/kb/2893986 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/63562 |
| technet | www.technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-092 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901226");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-3898");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-11-15 12:40:59 +0530 (Fri, 15 Nov 2013)");
script_name("Microsoft Hyper-V Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2893986)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS13-092.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The issue is triggered when handling the value of a data structure, allowing
a memory address with an invalid address to be used.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Edition");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code in
all guest OS instances, and allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service
(host OS crash) via a guest-to-host hypercall with a crafted function parameter.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2893986");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63562");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-092");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
## Need to add Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Edition once we have the imag i.e win8x64:1
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2012:1) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
## COnfirm Hyper-V is installed by checking vmms.exe
if(!registry_key_exists(key:"SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\vmms.exe")){
exit(0);
}
sysPath = smb_get_systemroot();
if(!sysPath ){
exit(0);
}
sysVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:sysPath, file_name:"system32\Hvax64.exe");
if(!sysVer){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2012:1) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"6.2.9200.16729")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"6.2.9200.16729", install_path:sysPath);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5
CVSS 27.9
EPSS0.01752