CVE-2019-1077

Severity

65%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

153%

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Visual Studio

First reported 5 years ago

2019-07-15 19:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-07-19 13:39:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 15.9

15.9

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.0

16.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.1

16.1

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1077

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