Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2023-36759
Published: September 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80676
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36759
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Visual Studio. A remote user can trick a victim to open a specialyl crafted file, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Visual Studio
How to mitigate CVE-2023-36759
Install updates from vendor's website.
Visual Studio - addressed in versions 16.11.30 16.11.34031.81, 17.2.19 17.2.34031.104, 17.4.11 17.4.34031.109, 17.6.7 17.6.34031.178, 17.7.4 17.7.34031.279