Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-54098 as an Improper access control vulnerability in Windows Hyper‑V that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally, a condition that requires immediate attention from anyone running Hyper‑V hosts, management servers, or...
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improper access control
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live migration
local privilege escalation
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threat detection
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virtualization security
vm escapes
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windows server
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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...