Medium severity · published Jul 15, 2019
CVE-2019-1079
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'
6.5
CVSS
6.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.1% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio · Microsoft
2010; 2012; 2013; 2015 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1079
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1079
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1079
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