Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1077
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0175
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/visual_studio_2017
15.9
microsoft/visual_studio_2019
16.0
microsoft/visual_studio_2019
16.1
Published
Jul 15, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026