Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2024
CVE-2024-49044
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
6.7
CVSS
0.8%
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)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio 2022 · Microsoft
17.6.0 before 17.6.21; 17.8.0 before 17.8.16; 17.10.0 before 17.10.9; 17.11.0 before 17.11.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49044
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49044
Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49044
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