CVE-2019-1079
published 2019-07-15CVE-2019-1079: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information…
PriorityP434medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN
EPSS
6.12%
93.4th percentile
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio | — | — |
| microsoft | visual_studio | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2010_service_pack_1 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2012_update_5 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2013_update_5 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2015_update_3 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_msrc6.5HIGH
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Microsoft
Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2019-07-09·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-1079 [MEDIUM] Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create specially crafted XML data and convince an authenticated user to open the file.
The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that Visual Studio parses XML input.
FAQ: What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is unauthorized file system access - reading from the file system.
Visua
GHSA
GHSA-9grw-p63q-8443: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Informatio
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-1079 [MEDIUM] GHSA-9grw-p63q-8443: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Informatio
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2019-07-15
Published