Low severity · published Mar 12, 2020
CVE-2020-0884
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability'
3.7
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.1 through 15.8 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 through 16.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0884
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0884
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0884
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