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CWE-820 refers to missing synchronization, a class of software weakness where concurrent access to a shared resource is not properly coordinated. On WindowsForum.com, discussions highlight real-world exploits of this weakness in Microsoft Hyper-V, as seen in CVE-2025-50167 and CVE-2025-47999. These vulnerabilities allow authorized local or adjacent attackers to trigger race conditions, leading to privilege escalation or denial-of-service on Hyper-V hosts. The content emphasizes the importance of patching these flaws to secure virtualized environments, with guidance for administrators on mitigation. The tag covers kernel-level synchronization bugs in Microsoft's hypervisor, relevant to enterprise IT and cloud operations.
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    CVE-2025-50167: Hyper-V Race Condition Elevates Privilege (Patch Now)

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE‑2025‑50167 warns that a race condition in Windows Hyper‑V can be abused by an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on affected hosts — a kernel‑level flaw that demands immediate attention from administrators, cloud operators, and anyone running Hyper‑V...
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    • cloud providers cve-2025-50167 cwe-820 enterprise security hyper-v hypervisor security msrc patch management patch tuesday 2025 privilege escalation race condition synchronization issues virtualization service provider vmms.exe vsp
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    CVE-2025-47999: Hyper-V DoS Patch Guidance for Adjacent Attacks

    Microsoft’s advisory language and third‑party tracking show that the widely reported Hyper‑V flaw you referenced is cataloged as CVE‑2025‑47999, not CVE‑2025‑49751 — the difference appears to be a typo — and it describes a missing synchronization bug in Windows Hyper‑V that can be weaponized by...
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    • adjacent network cve-2025-47999 cvss cwe-820 denial of service hyper-v incident response log analytics network segmentation patch management patch rollout race condition security updates synchronization issues virtualization vulnerability advisory windows 10/11 hyper-v windows server
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