Medium severity · published Jun 11, 2024
CVE-2024-29060
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
6.7
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.0 before 15.9.63 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 before 16.11.37 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2022 · Microsoft
17.4 before 17.4.20; 17.6 before 17.6.16; 17.8 before 17.8.11; 17.10 before 17.10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29060
Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29060
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