Information disclosure in Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU64285

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30184

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in .NET and Visual Studio. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Visual Studio: 16.0.0 16.0.28729.10 - 2022 for Mac version 17.0

Microsoft .NET Core: 3.1 - 6.0.0

NuGet.exe: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.0.0:16.0.28729.10:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.11.0 :16.11.31605.320:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.2.0:16.2.29123.88:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.3.0:16.3.29318.209:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.4.0:16.4.29519.181:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.5.0:16.5.29911.84:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.6.0:16.6.30114.105:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.7.0:16.7.30330.147:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.8.0:16.8.30709.132:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.9.0:16.9.31025.194:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_.net_core:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:nuget.exe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-30184

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.