CVE-2025-24998: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9…
Visual Studio 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 0.5%
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8Related CVEs — Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9…
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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