Cloud platforms edging ever closer to break out of hypervisor attacks

dbit · 2015-10-06 10:09:03

http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=18697 Hyper V https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0007 - Vmware I am almost sure EC2 has had a few as well , Only a matter of time before one parked VM can jump to host hypervisor and attack the guests not propriatary to the attacker. The VMware one at least did mean if the…

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http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=18697 Hyper V

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0007 - Vmware

I am almost sure EC2 has had a few as well , Only a matter of time before one parked VM can jump to host hypervisor and attack the guests not propriatary to the attacker.

The VMware one at least did mean if the servers mamangment network was exposed with SSH and the likes available then they can jump to hypervisor and mess with neighbouring VM's.

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