Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-1872

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2011-1872

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Jun 16, 2011
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.7 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-1872: Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) via malformed machine instructions in a VMBus packet, aka "VMBus Persistent DoS Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48179 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025644 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-047 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12650 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48179 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025644 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-047 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12650
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.7
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-1872 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17401
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.