CVE-2021-27064

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources

Severity

7.8HIGH

EPSS

0.2%

top 56.86%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

6

Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)+3 more

Timeline

PublishedApr 13

Latest updateMay 24

Description

Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_visual_studio_2017_version_15.9_(includes_15.0_-_15.8)15.9.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.4_(includes_16.0_-_16.3)16.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.7_(includes_16.0_–_16.6)16.0.0 — publication

▶CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.9_(includes_16.0_-_16.8)15.0.0 — publication

▶NVDmicrosoft/visual_studio_201715.0 — 15.9

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2

GHSA

GHSA-x544-2j43-9gqx: Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2021-04-13

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📋Vendor Advisories

1

Microsoft

Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2021-04-13

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