CVE-2019-1077
published 2019-07-15CVE-2019-1077: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of…
PriorityP424medium5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUIRSUCNIHAN
EPSS
1.75%
75.4th percentile
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2017 | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2019 | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2019 | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2017 | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2019 | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2019 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2017_version_15.9 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.0 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.1 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.0MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.06.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
vendor_msrc5.0HIGH
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GHSA
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ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-1077 [MEDIUM] GHSA-v6mc-r5p8-5hxq: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevatio
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Microsoft
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2019-07-09·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2019-1077 [MEDIUM] Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability overwrite arbitrary files with XML content in the security context of the local system.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Visual Studio updater handles permissions.
Visual Studio: Visual Studio
Microsoft: Microsoft
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Li
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2019-07-15
Published