CVE-2025-29804
published 2025-04-08CVE-2025-29804: Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
PriorityP340high7.3CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.23%
65.6th percentile
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected
16 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.10 | >= 17.10.0 < 17.10.13 | 17.10.13 |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.12 | >= 17.12.0 < 17.12.7 | 17.12.7 |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.13 | >= 17.13.0 < 17.13.6 | 17.13.6 |
| microsoft | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.8 | >= 17.8.0 < 17.8.20 | 17.8.20 |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2022 | >= 17.10.0 < 17.10.13 | 17.10.13 |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2022 | >= 17.12.0 < 17.12.7 | 17.12.7 |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2022 | >= 17.13.0 < 17.13.6 | 17.13.6 |
| microsoft | visual_studio_2022 | >= 17.8.0 < 17.8.20 | 17.8.20 |
| msrc | azl3_gcc_13.2.0-7_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_golang_1.23.9-1_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_golang_1.24.3-1_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_python-tensorboard_2.16.2-6_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.10 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.12 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.13 | — | — |
| msrc | microsoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.8 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-p24p-f3hr-cw49: Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-04-08
CVE-2025-29804 [HIGH] CWE-284 GHSA-p24p-f3hr-cw49: Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Microsoft
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2025-04-08·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2025-29804 [HIGH] CWE-284 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description: Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
FAQ: What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the privileges of the authenticated user.
Visual Studio: Visual Studio
Microsoft: Microsoft
Customer Action Required: Yes
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely
Remediation: Release Notes
Reference: https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
Refere
Microsoft
Path traversal via Clean on Windows in path/filepath
vendor_msrc·2022-08-09·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2022-29804 [HIGH] CWE-22 Path traversal via Clean on Windows in path/filepath
Path traversal via Clean on Windows in path/filepath
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
Mariner: Mariner
Go: Go
Customer Action Required: Yes
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2025-04-08
Published