CVE-2023-21566

published 2023-02-14

CVE-2023-21566: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Priority P3 39 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

15 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	microsoft_visual_studio_2017_version_15.9	>= 15.9.0 < 15.9.52	15.9.52
microsoft	microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.11	>= 16.11.0 < 16.11.24	16.11.24
microsoft	microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.0	>= 17.0.0 < 17.0.19	17.0.19
microsoft	microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.2	>= 17.2.0 < 17.2.13	17.2.13
microsoft	microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.4	>= 17.4.0 < 17.4.5	17.4.5
microsoft	visual_studio_2017	>= 15.0 < 15.9.52	15.9.52
microsoft	visual_studio_2019	>= 16.0 < 16.11.24	16.11.24
microsoft	visual_studio_2022	>= 17.0 < 17.0.19	17.0.19
microsoft	visual_studio_2022	>= 17.2 < 17.2.13	17.2.13
microsoft	visual_studio_2022	>= 17.4 < 17.4.5	17.4.5
msrc	microsoft_visual_studio_2017_version_15.9	—	—
msrc	microsoft_visual_studio_2019_version_16.11	—	—
msrc	microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.0	—	—
msrc	microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.2	—	—
msrc	microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.4	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vendor_msrc 7.8 HIGH

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