CVE-2025-21173: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 1.3%
.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8Microsoft · .NET 8.0Microsoft · .NET 9.0Related CVEs — Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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