Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2020-17100
Published: November 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48336
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-2020-17100
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 tampering issue in Visual Studio, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Visual Studio
How to mitigate CVE-2020-17100
Install updates from vendor's website.