Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-55240US | — | — | ||
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. | ||||
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remediations (5)
- FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
15.9.77:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes - FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
16.11.52:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.11
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.11 - FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
17.10.20:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes - FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
17.12.13:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes - FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
17.14.17:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
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