High severity · published Jan 9, 2024
CVE-2024-20656
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio · Microsoft
2015 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.0 before 15.9.59 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 before 16.11.33 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2022 · Microsoft
17.2 before 17.2.23; 17.4 before 17.4.15; 17.6 before 17.6.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20656
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20656
Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20656
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