CVE-2023-36759

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.52% (43rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

49 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)msrc_csaf
16.11.30: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 17.2msrc_csaf
17.2.19:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4msrc_csaf
17.4.11: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 17.6msrc_csaf
17.6.7: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 17.7msrc_csaf
17.7.4:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.7mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USCWE-822USCWE-822US

affected products (49)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0_sp2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.0_sp2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8.1
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2019.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2019.0.1:-
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2019.1.2
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2020.0.2
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2020.1.2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:version_15.9
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:version_16.11
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.4
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.6
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.7

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2333Microsoft Developer Tools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Microsoft Developer Tools ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen und seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
msrc_CVE-2023-36759Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2023-09-12csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund msrc_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-12modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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