Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2020-0899
Published: April 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26880
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0899
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions. A local user can control the files written by the updater and overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected software
Visual Studio
How to mitigate CVE-2020-0899
Install update from vendor's website.