#vulnerability

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?** The attacker, initially a non-admin user on the host, could hijack the PowerShell Direct session intended for communication between the admin user on host and a guest VM. This unauthorized access enables the attacker to impersonate the admin host user in communications with the guest, potentially manipulating or controlling guest-side operations.

**Are there any further actions I need to take to be protected from relay attacks?** The security updates released on September 9, 2025 enable support for auditing SMB client compatibility for SMB Server signing as well as SMB Server EPA. This allows customers to assess their environment and identify any potential device or software incompatibility issues before deploying the hardening measures that are already supported by SMB Server. Please see https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066913 for more information.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over an adjacent network.

**According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?** In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege Hyper-V guest. The attacker could traverse the guest's security boundary to execute code on the Hyper-V host execution environment.

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Defender Firewall Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

**How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?** An authorized attacker could inject SQL code and run it with elevated privileges at table creation.

Protection mechanism failure in Windows MapUrlToZone allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.

Use after free in Windows BitLocker allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Use after free in Windows BitLocker allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.