CVE-2020-0899

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2020-04-15

Last modified

2024-08-04

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 Includes 15.1 - 15.8 (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.4 Includes 16.0 - 16.3 (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.5 (Microsoft)
• Visual Studio 2017 (Microsoft)
• Visual Studio 2019 (Microsoft)

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0899